Athlon 200GE vs Xeon E5-2620 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1112	1717
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.24	4.27
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	6.44	7.01
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 200GE has 32% better value for money than Xeon E5-2620 v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	32
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	20 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	4950 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE 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 Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Athlon 200GE.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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	6.00	2.69
Recency	20 June 2016	6 September 2018
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	35 Watt

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