AMD Athlon II X2 215
Intel Atom S1220
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AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Atom S1220. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2009
AMD Athlon II X2 215
AMD Athlon II X2 215
Released
Q4/2012
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Intel Atom S1220
Intel Atom S1220

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X2 215 or Intel Atom S1220? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X2 215 has a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2009.

Intel Atom S1220 has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 8.1 W. Released in Q4/2012.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 41% better clock speed

    2.70 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X2 215 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1294 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1450 place
Intel Atom S1220 Reasons to consider
Intel Atom S1220
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1676 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.12 times less performance per watt

    8.1 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Atom S1220 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    922 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    911 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1376 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X2 215 AMD Athlon II X2 215
Intel Atom S1220 Intel Atom S1220
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow Intel Atom
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) left arrow Intel Atom S1000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Frequency
    2.70 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom S1220 and AMD Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 1
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X2 215 and Intel Atom S1220 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 8.1 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X2 215 and AMD Athlon II X2 215, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE3
  • L2-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 1.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Propus left arrow Centerton
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow BGA 1283
  • Release date
    Q3/2009 left arrow Q4/2012

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X2 215 and Intel Atom S1220.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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