AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core m5-6Y57

Last updated: 2023-08-24

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 7220U		Intel Core m5-6Y57
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Intel Core m5-6Y57 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U was released in Q3/2022. The Intel Core m5-6Y57 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m5-6Y57 was released in Q3/2015.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core M (16)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)	CPU group	Intel Core M 6 (4)
6	Generation	6
Mendocino (Zen 2)	Architecture	Skylake Y
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Core m5-6Y57 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz).
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core m5-6Y57
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	1.10 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.80 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core m5-6Y57
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Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon 610M	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 515
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	0.90 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	24
128	Shader	192
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon 610M	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 515
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core m5-6Y57 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core m5-6Y57
LPDDR5-5500	Memory	LPDDR3-1866
16 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
4	PCIe lanes	10
3.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core m5-6Y57 is 4.5 W.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core m5-6Y57
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	4.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
8 W	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core m5-6Y57 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core m5-6Y57
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FT6	Socket	BGA 1515
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems
Q3/2022	Release date	Q3/2015
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)

Intel Core m5-6Y57 (70%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)

Intel Core m5-6Y57 (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	934 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	644 (69%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2154 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1195 (55%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1180 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	821 (70%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2629 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1367 (52%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz	383 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 Intel HD Graphics 515 @ 0.90 GHz	346 (90%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5012 (100%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	2353 (47%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	158 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	418 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	117 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	227 (100%)

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