AMD GX-217GI: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started GX-217GI sales 23 February 2016. This is a Brown Falcon architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FP4 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
GX-217GI processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Architecture codename | Brown Falcon (2016) | |
| Release date | 23 February 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on GX-217GI compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FP4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by GX-217GI. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by GX-217GI's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into GX-217GI.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R6E 4CU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for GX-217GI, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for GX-217GI in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 3 configurations using GX-217GI in our database.
