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 ranking | 1815 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.08 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Strix Halo/Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 300) |
| Power efficiency | 7.56 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Strix Point (Zen 5) (2025) |
| Release date | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 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 extensions | no data | USB 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 types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 890M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Ryzen Z2 Extreme.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 2.81 | 20.87 |
| Recency | 1 June 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 642.7% 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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