AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

Athlon II X2 220 vs Core 2 Duo E7200 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Duo E7200 is faster than the Athlon II X2 220. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E7200. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Duo E7200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon II X2 220

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Athlon II X2 220 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.