AMD Athlon 200GE vs AMD Phenom II X3 720

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 200GE and AMD Phenom II X3 720 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 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1789 vs 1108
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4098 vs 1600
  • Around 98% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 740 vs 374
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1735 vs 968
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2018 vs January 2010
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 vs 1108
PassMark - CPU mark 4098 vs 1600
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 vs 374
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1735 vs 968

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 720

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 3 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 200GE
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 720

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1789
1108
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4098
1600
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
740
374
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1735
968
Name AMD Athlon 200GE AMD Phenom II X3 720
PassMark - Single thread mark 1789 1108
PassMark - CPU mark 4098 1600
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 740 374
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1735 968
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 Phenom II X3 720

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Heka
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date June 2018 January 2010
OPN Tray YD200GC6M2OFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1169 2580
Series AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $75
Price now $69.99
Value for money (0-100) 11.28

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 192 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 4800 million 758 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 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

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)