Intel Core i5-7442EQ vs AMD Athlon 320GE

Processor comparisons 15-01-2022

   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the Intel Core i5-7442EQ vs AMD Athlon 320GE tests and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, Handbrake, Prime95, UserBenchmark, VeraCrypt, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, 7zip, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, AIDA64, PCMark 10, Furmark, Gears 5, RealBench, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, WPrime, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Death Stranding
Fortnite
Rainbow Six Siege
Fallout 76
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Valorant
Last Man Standing
Watch Dogs Legion
DOOM: Eternal
Overwatch
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo Infinite
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Cyberpunk 2077
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Valheim
Apex Legends

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon 320GE or Intel Core i5-7442EQ.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i5-7442EQ

51%

Athlon 320GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-7442EQ

51%

Athlon 320GE

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.4	90.3
Valorant	103.9	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	58.2	57.5
Apex Legends	97.7	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	77.9	77.0
Overwatch	84.2	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.7	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.9	51.3
Warzone	81.0	80.1
Assassin's Creed	87.3	86.2
Valheim	86.2	85.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-7442EQ

127%

Athlon 320GE

93%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-7442EQ is more energy efficient than the Athlon 320GE since it has less power consumption: 25W vs. 35W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon 320GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	130	93
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	504	490
Cinbench 20 Single-core	272	234
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1028	1068
Cinbench 23 Single-core	722	603
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2747	2903

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon 320GE
Single-Core	1800	2181
Multi-Core	4848	5116

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon 320GE
Single-Core	958	980
Multi-Core	3360	2274

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon 320GE
Announcement date	March 07, 2017	July 07, 2019
Type	Embedded	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1440	AM4
Core name	Kaby Lake	Picasso
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	7	2
Turbo Frequency	2.9 MHz
Frequency	2.1 MHz	3.5 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2000 millions	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	25 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	6 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon 320GE is 40% better than Core i5-7442EQ in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-7442EQ has 2 more core than Athlon 320GE. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-7442EQ is better: 23
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 12
However, it should be understood that all the data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i5-7442EQ and AMD Athlon 320GE before making a decision which of the processors to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i5-7442EQ - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-7442EQ specs and review.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.