AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Samsung Exynos 7904

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AMD Athlon Gold 7220U CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7904
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Samsung Exynos 7904

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Samsung Exynos 7904 - 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 Samsung Exynos 7904 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7904 was released in Q1/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4)
6 Generation 2
Mendocino (Zen 2) Architecture Cortex-A73 / 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 Samsung Exynos 7904 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
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 1.80 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.60 GHz
6x Cortex-A53

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 Samsung Exynos 7904
-- 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 ARM Mali-G71 MP2
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.77 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
6 nm Technology 16 nm
3 Max. displays 1
2 Compute units 2
128 Shader 32
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
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 ARM Mali-G71 MP2
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 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
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 Samsung Exynos 7904 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
LPDDR5-5500 Memory LPDDR4-1866
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
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 Samsung Exynos 7904 is --.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
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 Samsung Exynos 7904 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
6 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
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 Q1/2019
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 (27%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 (39%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
276 (30%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
975 (45%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
289 (24%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
910 (35%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.77 GHz
53 (14%)

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%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1819 (36%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
104389 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Samsung Exynos 7904
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