AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2

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AMD Athlon Gold 7220U CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 - 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 was released in 2015.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 808/810 (3)
6 Generation 2
Mendocino (Zen 2) Architecture Cortex-A57 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz)
2x Zen 2
A-Core 2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A57
-- B-Core 1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon QDSP V56
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 Qualcomm Adreno 430
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.63 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.63 GHz
9 GPU Generation 4
6 nm Technology 20 nm
3 Max. displays 0
2 Compute units --
128 Shader 256
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 11

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 Qualcomm Adreno 430
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
LPDDR5-5500 Memory LPDDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.5 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
4 PCIe lanes --
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 is --.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
6 nm Technology 20 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
FT6 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2022 Release date 2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 (29%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 (29%)

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 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
269 (29%)

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 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
847 (39%)

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 (94%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
Qualcomm Adreno 430 @ 0.63 GHz
408 (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 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
921 (18%)

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 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 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 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2629 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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