Ryzen 3 4300GE vs Athlon 220GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1680	994
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.08	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	7.54	19.06
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$65	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	34	35
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	156 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE. 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 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen 3 4300GE.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
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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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.80	7.08
Integrated graphics card	2.98	3.04
Recency	6 September 2018	21 July 2020
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm

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