Following the second generation of Ryzen, AMD recently launched a new AMD Athlon 200GE processor in its own classic old AMD Athlon series. This processor is not only equipped with the 14nm process ZEN architecture processing core, but also integrates the AMD Radeon Vega 3 graphics chip, which can provide 4K video and audio hardware solutions and image supplementary frame functions, allowing users to have richer multimedia applications. Coupled with the price positioning of RMB 2,099, it is believed that it is a very economical choice for users who need general documents and multimedia playback.

The packaging box of the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is a silver-white color scheme, and in addition to the obvious ATHLON model number, there is also a graphics AD8021ARZ-REEL7 integrated with the AMD Radeon VEGA core inside the processor. chip.

There is a packaging seal on the cover above the outer box, and on the seal, you can see that the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is a dual-core four-thread processing core specification, and the operating clock is set at 3.2GHz.

On the other side of the package, you can directly see the model information on the processor. At the same time, it is also marked that this processor also adopts the AM4 package pin design, which can be applied to AMD's X370 and X470 models > X470 model > > X470 model " >X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470Model">X470 Model > X470 Model > X470 Model > X470 Model > X470, B350, B450, and A320 chipsets.

In addition to the processor and some manuals and stickers, the boxed contents of the AMD Athlon 200GE processor also come with an original radiator, but the fan sticker on the radiator has not been replaced with the AMD Logo, which seems to be missing something. .

The size of the radiator that comes with the AMD Athlon 200GE processor box is about 8x7x4 cm. The size is quite light and the design is quite light, and the fixing method is the AMD standard buckle, which is easy to install. This radiator mainly uses aluminum extruded fins and a 7 cm fan that supports PWM function to enhance heat dissipation. The heat dissipation has been coated with heat dissipation paste on the bottom when it leaves the factory, so when installing it, just fasten the lock to fix it. start using.

●Effectiveness test

After reading the simple unpacking and specification introduction, let's test the performance of this processor! Below is the list of hardware components used in this test for your reference.

◆Processor: AMD Athlon 200GE processor

◆Host Saka: ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING

◆Hard drive: WD BLACK NVMe SSD 1TB solid state drive

◆Memory: G.Skill SNIPER-X DDR4-3200 8GBx2

◆Power supply: Antec 850W

◆Operating system: Windows 10 1803 64 bit

From the information of CPU-Z, we can see that the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is designed with the Zen architecture of the 14nm process, which is equipped with two Zen processing cores, and can also support the hyper-threading function, which can reach up to four threads at the same time. , but this processor does not open the frequency multiplier adjustment, and the maximum operating clock can only reach the specification setting of 3.2GHz. In addition, in terms of memory support, the AMD Athlon 200GE processor can also support dual-channel DDR4 memory, and can support up to DDR4-2667 operating clock.

One of the features of the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is that it also integrates a graphics chip code-named AMD Radeon Vega 3. From the model, we can also see that this built-in graphics chip contains three sets of NCU computing units, which have a total of 192 Shaders cores.

●Processor performance test

After actually testing the decompression performance through 7-ZIP software, the overall rating result is 13585MIPS.

Then when using WinRAR software to test the decompression performance, the test result is 3152KB/s.

After actually testing single-thread and multi-thread performance through CPU-Z software, the test results were 314.5 points and 973.6 points respectively.

When using CinBench R15 software to test the rendering performance of the graphics card, the multi-thread performance of the processor can reach 356cb, the single-thread performance can reach 124cb, and the OpenGL performance can reach about 41.14FPS.

When using the X264 FHD Benchmark to test the video conversion performance of the processor, the test result can reach about 12.4FPS.

●3DMark and game performance test

After actually testing the Fire Strike and Sky Diver scenes of 3DMark, the test results were 1306 and 4496 respectively.

Next, let’s look at the test part of the game. When actually playing CS:GO, LOL League of Legends, NBA 2K18, and Overwatch, the resolution is set to 1920x1080 and the medium picture quality. After that, you can It is seen that the average FPS performance of the four games will reach 35.6, 103.41, 25.26 and 12FPS respectively. So judging from such test performance, this processor probably only has the least problem in playing LOL, CS:GO is still acceptable, but NBA 2K18 and Douzhen Special Attack or games that require more display performance still need It would be better to have a separate graphics card.

●Multimedia playback test

In terms of multimedia playback, when actually playing 4K@60P HEVC encoded Apink MV files, the number of frames can indeed reach 60P, and the processor usage rate is about 5~16%.

When actually playing the 4K@30P H.264 encoded Huahai video, the number of frames of 30P can also be reached normally, and the processor occupancy rate is about 4~8%.

As for the support of the AMD Fluid Motion function, although the AMD Fluid Motion option is not provided in the video menu of the driver, after the actual installation of the BlueSky FRC software, the video content from 24P can be supplemented to 60P. When I actually played the TWICE Dance The Night Away MV with a resolution of 1080P downloaded from Youtube, it can indeed compensate the 24P picture to about 60P, and the picture is obviously much smoother, but because there is no option to enable the AFM function in the driver, BlueSky FRC software can only support 24P video, but cannot compensate for 30P video content.

●Operating temperature and power consumption test

Although the radiator provided in the AMD Athlon 200GE processor package looks small, because the TDP specification of the processor itself is not very high, under the condition of bare metal and room temperature of 26°C, the actual radiator after matching this radiator is not very high. The standby temperature is only about 32°C, and the operating temperature can be controlled within 50°C even after 15 minutes of burn-in.

As for power consumption performance, with this processor, the overall power consumption of the system during standby is only about 26~28 watts. When the processor, graphics chip, memory and hard disk are fully loaded through AIDA64, the overall power consumption of the system will reach about 58~60 watts.

●Test summary

On the whole, the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is basically not suitable for some rendering or file conversion applications that require multiple cores because it only has dual-core and four-thread specifications. Integrated AMD Radeon Vega graphics chip, even 4K@60P videos can be played smoothly, and for 24P video files, it also supports the function of frame supplementation to 60P, so if you focus more on documents and multimedia purposes, AMD Athlon 200GE processing The processor is indeed a very economical combination. If it can support 30P frame supplementation and open multiplier adjustment in the future, I believe it should make players more interested in this processor. Finally, the specification sheet of this processor is attached for your reference!