AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Athlon PRO 200GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2503 vs 1768
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13168 vs 3816

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Nov 2019 vs June 2018
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	3 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	32 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2503 vs 1768
PassMark - CPU mark	13168 vs 3816

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU 2: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2503

1768

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13168

3816

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2503	1768
PassMark - CPU mark	13168	3816
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1175
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	5292
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3820
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen
Launch date	Nov 2019	June 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$170
Place in performance rating	1245	1210
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Athlon PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YD200BC6M2OFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB)	100 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	32 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	2
Number of threads	6	4
Compute Cores		5
Die size		192 mm
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Number of GPU cores		3
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1000 MHz
iGPU core count		3
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0