Athlon 220GE vs Athlon II X2 255

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2679	1688
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	4.08
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	1.08	7.54
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	25 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$65

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 220GE has 20300% better value for money than Athlon II X2 255.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE 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	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Multiplier	no data	34
L1 cache	128 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	117 mm2	209.78 mm2
Number of transistors	410 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM3	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE. 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 II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 255 and Athlon 220GE.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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	0.74	2.79
Recency	25 January 2010	1 June 2018
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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