AMD Athlon 200GE vs AMD FX-8300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 200GE and AMD FX-8300 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 200GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1789 vs 1488
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 740 vs 518
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2018 vs October 2012
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 vs 1488
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 vs 518

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8300

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5337 vs 4098
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2318 vs 1735
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 8 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 5337 vs 4098
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2318 vs 1735

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 200GE
CPU 2: AMD FX-8300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1789
1488
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4098
5337
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
740
518
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1735
2318
Name AMD Athlon 200GE AMD FX-8300
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 1488
PassMark - CPU mark 4098 5337
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 518
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1735 2318
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0 2697
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 19.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.999

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 200GE AMD FX-8300

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Vishera
Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD FX-Series Processors
Launch date June 2018 October 2012
OPN Tray YD200GC6M2OFB FD8300WMW8KHK
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1169 2542
Series AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB FD8300WMHKBOX
Price now $80.59
Value for money (0-100) 28.21

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 192 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95°C 70.50°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 4800 million 1200 million
Unlocked
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

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 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 n / a

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)