Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Athlon Gold 7220U specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 performs better than the Athlon Gold 7220U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon Gold 7220U in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Athlon Gold 7220U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon Gold 7220U. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Gold 7220U. Despite this, the Athlon Gold 7220U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon Gold 7220U outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1660 v3 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Xeon E5-1660 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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