Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Athlon 200GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1721	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.01	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	December 2006 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	$309

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	256K
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	220 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 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
Socket	AM4	939
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon 64 X2 4200+.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

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