Pentium G860 vs Athlon 200GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1718	2517
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.27	2.12
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	Intel Pentium (Desktop)
Power efficiency	7.01	1.33
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	4 September 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 200GE has 101% better value for money than Pentium G860.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 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	4	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3 GHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 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	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 200GE and Pentium G860.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
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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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	2.69	0.95
Recency	6 September 2018	4 September 2011
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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