Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1200P/1200U AMD Ryzen 7000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Athlon
• Generation
  12 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Athlon 7000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  10 2
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  2.5 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 2x Zen 2
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12.1 12
• Execution units
  80 2
• Generation
  13 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 1900 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon 610M
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2022
• Shader
  640 128
• Technology
  10 nm 6 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-1235U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR5
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 PCIe 3.0
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 44 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  55 W -
• TDP down
  - 8 W
• Default TDP
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD Athlon Gold 7220U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake U Mendocino (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  6.5 MB 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 4 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-000000771
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2022
• Socket
  BGA 1744 FT6
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Codename
  - Mendocino
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• L1-Cache
  - 0.25 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000771
• Operating systems
  - Conflicting source values: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit