Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Athlon 220GE

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1776not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.08no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonAMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300)
Power efficiency7.55no data
DesignerAMDAMD
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025)
Release date6 September 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz5 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB8 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FP8
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataUSB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3AMD Radeon 890M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.73 20.22
Recency 6 September 2018 6 January 2025
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen Z2 Extreme has 640.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon 220GE and AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 220GE is a desktop processor while Ryzen Z2 Extreme is a notebook one.

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