Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Ryzen 3 2200G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1284	not rated
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.79	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)	Presler (2006−2007)
Release date	12 February 2018 (6 years ago)	27 December 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	no data
Current price	$88 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.466 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	0.47 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Die size	210 mm2	2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	4,950 million	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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	775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 2200G and Pentium Extreme Edition 955.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 February 2018	27 December 2005
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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