Phenom II X3 P820 vs Athlon 200GE

Place in the ranking	1736	2754
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	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	7.00	2.50
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820 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)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	4	3
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820 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)	no data
Socket	AM4	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
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 Vega 3

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.59	0.66
Recency	6 September 2018	12 May 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Athlon 200GE has a 292.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 33.3% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X3 P820, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 200GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 P820 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 200GE is a desktop processor while Phenom II X3 P820 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 200GE and Phenom II X3 P820, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.