AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Microsoft XBox Series X

Last updated: 2023-08-24

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 7220U		Microsoft XBox Series X
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Microsoft XBox Series X - 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 Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Microsoft XBox Series X was released in Q3/2020.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (69)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)
6	Generation	3
Mendocino (Zen 2)	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
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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 Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz).
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series X
2	Cores	8
4	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.66 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	Microsoft XBox Series X
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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	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X)
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	1.83 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	1
6 nm	Technology	7 nm
3	Max. displays	1
2	Compute units	52
128	Shader	3328
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	10 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	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
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 Microsoft XBox Series X can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series X
LPDDR5-5500	Memory	GDDR6
16 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	560.0 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
4	PCIe lanes	12
3.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	23.6 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 Microsoft XBox Series X is 65 W.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series X
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
8 W	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Microsoft XBox Series X cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series X
6 nm	Technology	7 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	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FT6	Socket	BGA
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2022	Release date	Q3/2020
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (87%)

Microsoft XBox Series X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (29%)

Microsoft XBox Series X (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 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	934 (87%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1070 (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 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2154 (29%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	7358 (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 Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz	383 (3%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) @ 1.83 GHz	12150 (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 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5012 (29%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	17455 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1142 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	10650 (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 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1180 (100%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)

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%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	0 (0%)

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%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	431 (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%)
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	4062 (100%)

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