AMD Athlon PRO 200GE vs Intel Core i5-655K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and Intel Core i5-655K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Intel Core i5-655K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 72.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% 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
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 73 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1736 vs 1446
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3693 vs 2017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2018 vs May 2010
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 73 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736 vs 1446
PassMark - CPU mark	3693 vs 2017

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-655K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 8% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 3.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-655K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1736

1446

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3693

2017

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	Intel Core i5-655K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1736	1446
PassMark - CPU mark	3693	2017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	318.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.533
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2510
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4869

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	Intel Core i5-655K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Clarkdale
Family	AMD Athlon PRO Processors
Launch date	June 2018	May 2010
OPN Tray	YD200BC6M2OFB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1213	1221
Series	AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$59.99
Processor Number		i5-655K
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		16.69
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.20 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	192 mm	81 mm2
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	4800 million	382 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 1066/1333
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.38 GB
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics base frequency		733 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)