AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Xeon W-2155

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AMD Athlon Gold 7220U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-2155
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Xeon W-2155

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Intel Xeon W-2155 - 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 Xeon W-2155 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-2155 was released in Q3/2017.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4) CPU group Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 (15)
6 Generation 6
Mendocino (Zen 2) Architecture Skylake W
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon W-2255

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 Xeon W-2155 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz).

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2155
2 Cores 10
4 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 3.30 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.50 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 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 Xeon W-2155
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

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 no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-2155 can connect up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2155
LPDDR5-5500 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 512 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 13.75 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 48
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 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 Xeon W-2155 is 140 W.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2155
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 140 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 Xeon W-2155 cache has a total of 13.75 MB.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2155
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, AVX-512
FT6 Socket LGA 2066
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 1440 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (79%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (24%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 (100%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
934 (76%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1230 (100%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2154 (19%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
11208 (100%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1180 (81%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
1452 (100%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2629 (29%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
9108 (100%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5012 (24%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
20917 (100%)

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 Athlon Gold 7220U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz
193 (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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2155 Intel Xeon W-2155
10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz
2021 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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