MediaTek Dimensity 6020 vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

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MediaTek Dimensity 6020 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 or AMD Athlon Gold 7220U - 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 MediaTek Dimensity 6020 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Dimensity 6020 was released in Q1/2023.

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U was released in Q3/2022.
Mediatek Dimensity (36) Family AMD Athlon (29)
MediaTek Dimensity 6000 (3) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)
0 Generation 6
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Mendocino (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Dimensity 6020 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz).

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
A-Core 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz)
2x Zen 2
2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

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.

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
-- 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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation 9
7 nm Technology 6 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 2
32 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
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 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Dimensity 6020 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory LPDDR5-5500
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Dimensity 6020 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is 15 W.

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 8 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek Dimensity 6020 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U cache has a total of 5.00 MB.

MediaTek Dimensity 6020 Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
7 nm Technology 6 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FT6
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q3/2022
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 (59%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 (77%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
541 (58%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
934 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1822 (85%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2154 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
711 (60%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1180 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1775 (68%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2629 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 1.10 GHz
282 (74%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 6020 MediaTek Dimensity 6020
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5012 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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