Intel Core i7 M 620 vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Core i7 M 620 vs Athlon II X2 220 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X2 220 beats the Core i7 M 620 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 M 620 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7 M 620 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 M 620. The info from our database shows that the Athlon II X2 220 has more L2 cache than the Core i7 M 620

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7 M 620 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.