Athlon II X2 215 vs Athlon PRO 200GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1767	2752
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)	20 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215 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	2	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	4,800 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215. 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 PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215. 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
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and Athlon II X2 215.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.39	0.63
Recency	1 June 2018	20 October 2009
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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