AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Processor comparisons   03-03-2023
   For example you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-8250U and understand which is better for games or normal use for streaming, machine learning, programming, video editing, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like WPrime, Blender, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 3DMark, Handbrake, MATLAB, RealBench, Blender, Furmark, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, AIDA64, Gears 5, Prime95, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 7zip, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, UserBenchmark, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8250U or AMD Athlon Gold 7220U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon Gold 7220U

51%

Core i5-8250U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 7220U

51%

Core i5-8250U

52%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.5	91.6
Valorant	102.8	104.0
Cyberpunk 2077	57.6	58.3
Apex Legends	96.6	97.8
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	78.0
Overwatch	83.3	84.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	71.8
DOOM Eternal	51.4	52.0
Warzone	80.2	81.2
Assassin's Creed	86.3	87.4
Valheim	85.3	86.4

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, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance 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

Athlon Gold 7220U

222%

Core i5-8250U

199%

To make a finishing resolution 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 Athlon Gold 7220U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-8250U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful 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 editing or video rendering, 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 CPU includes 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 find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that 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

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	157
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	525	549
Cinbench 20 Single-core	255	348
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1133	1509
Cinbench 23 Single-core	644	897
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3071	3118

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	2397	1990
Multi-Core	5406	6011

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	1002	896
Multi-Core	2408	3494

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Announcement date	September 20, 2022	April 01, 2017
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FC-BGA1356
Core name	Mendocino	Kaby Lake R
Architecture	Zen 2	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency	3.7 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	1.6 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3200 millions	1640 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	LPDDR5	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	5500
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000771

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold 7220U is 33% better than Core i5-8250U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-8250U has 2 more core than Athlon Gold 7220U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8250U is better: 27
Although it should be understood that all the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-8250U before deciding which of the processors to buy for gaming.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Gold 7220U specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-8250U specs and review.