Athlon 3000G vs Athlon 220GE

Place in performance ranking	1554	1545
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.61	10.35
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date	1 June 2018 (5 years old)	21 November 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	$49
Current price	$180 (2.8x MSRP)	$131 (2.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 125% better value for money than Athlon 220GE.

Technical specs

Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G 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	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	96K (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	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G. 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	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	6

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.

Athlon 220GE 2.89

Athlon 3000G 2.93
+1.4%

Athlon 3000G outperforms Athlon 220GE by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon 220GE 4429

Athlon 3000G 4489
+1.4%

Athlon 3000G outperforms Athlon 220GE by 1% in Passmark.