Athlon X4 870K vs Ryzen 3 3200G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1328	1865
Place by popularity	42	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.90	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Power efficiency	6.52	2.14
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2022)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)	December 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	96 KB (per core)	256K
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Die size	210 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4,940 million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K 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	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3-2133
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	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 8

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3200G and Athlon X4 870K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	16

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	4.48	2.15
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

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