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Intel Core 5 220U vs AMD Ryzen 5 220

49 out of 100
Intel Core 5 220U
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 220
Intel Core 5 220U
AMD Ryzen 5 220

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 220U with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 220 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 220 and 220U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 220U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 220
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 220U
vs
Ryzen 5 220

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 220U
423
Ryzen 5 220 +17%
497
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core 5 220U
2422
Ryzen 5 220 +5%
2544
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 220U
7735
Ryzen 5 220 +18%
9108
File compression - 693.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 63.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 162.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 244.7 pages/sec
Background blur - 41.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 66.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 13.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 220U
3248
Ryzen 5 220 +12%
3643
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 220U
14276
Ryzen 5 220 +30%
18577
Integer math 48.3 GOps/sec 58 GOps/sec
Floating point math 33.7 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 50M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18M Strings/sec 25.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.9 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 156.9 MBytes/sec 212.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 904 Frames/sec 980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 50 & 375 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.2 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 515.7 PPW 303.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 951.7 PPW 619.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.26 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 220U and AMD Ryzen 5 220

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 220U 220
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#158th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#91st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 640 256
TMUs 40 16
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 4
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 220U +21%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 220
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 220U official page AMD Ryzen 5 220 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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