AMD Athlon 200GE vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 200GE and AMD Athlon X4 950 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 200GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1789 vs 1640
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4098 vs 3610
  • Around 44% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 740 vs 514
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1735 vs 1557
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 vs 1640
PassMark - CPU mark 4098 vs 3610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 vs 514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1735 vs 1557

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 950

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 200GE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 950

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1789
1640
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4098
3610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
740
514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1735
1557
Name AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Athlon X4 950
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 1640
PassMark - CPU mark 4098 3610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1735 1557
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1303
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1303
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6495

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Athlon X4 950

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date June 2018 27 July 2017
OPN Tray YD200GC6M2OFB AD950XAGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1169 2098
Series AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $60
OPN PIB AD950XAGABBOX
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 26.05

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 192 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 4800 million 1178 million
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)