Athlon 300U vs Athlon 200GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 200GE outperforms Athlon 300U by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1736 | 1772 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.27 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 7.00 | 15.32 |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
| Release date | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $55 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | 32 | 24 |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.59 | 2.43 |
| Recency | 1 June 2018 | 6 January 2019 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon 200GE has a 6.6% higher aggregate performance score.
Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U.
Note that Athlon 200GE is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 200GE and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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