Intel Core i7-9700F vs AMD Athlon 200GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-9700F and AMD Athlon 200GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

Intel Core i7-9700F

AMD Athlon 200GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9700F

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 47% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95°C
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
3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2758 vs 1804
3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13263 vs 4116
Around 63% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1207 vs 740
3.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6657 vs 1735

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2019 vs June 2018
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.70 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95°C
L1 cache	512 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2758 vs 1804
PassMark - CPU mark	13263 vs 4116
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1207 vs 740
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6657 vs 1735

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 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: Intel Core i7-9700F
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 200GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2758

1804

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13263

4116

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1207

740

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

6657

1735

Name	Intel Core i7-9700F	AMD Athlon 200GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2758	1804
PassMark - CPU mark	13263	4116
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	5225	0
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1207	740
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6657	1735
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)

	Intel Core i7-9700F	AMD Athlon 200GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake	Zen
Launch date	23 April 2019	June 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$323, $335
Place in performance rating	1078	1098
Processor Number	i7-9700F
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray		YD200GC6M2OFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.00 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache	512 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95°C
Maximum frequency	4.70 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	8	4
Compute Cores		5
Die size		192 mm
Number of GPU cores		3
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C (65W)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1000 MHz
iGPU core count		3
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI