AMD Announces New $ 55 Low Power Processor: Athlon 200GE

Everyone is talking headlines: the latest mainstream processor, or the 32-core behemoth, are mature topics for in-depth discussion. Despite this, there is much more volume in the middle and low range of the product stack. No matter $ 299 for a processor, there is a lot of action at under $ 100. With this in mind, AMD announces its new $ 55 processor with integrated graphics, designed to be placed under the Ryzen 5 2200G that we tested earlier this year. In comparison, the Athlon 200GE has two cores with simultaneous multitasking, three graphics units and a 35 W TDP, all for $ 55.

Expand the range of low cost products

With this new product, AMD changes what Athlon represents – in previous generations, Athlon was for a processor whose embedded graphics were disabled. Now, AMD uses it in the same way that Intel uses the Pentium or Celeron brands: for low cost and high volume products. This new part is designed to be a more economical solution for users who need a processor and graphics in a single system. Add 4GB of memory and a little storage, and the lens is a very competent system for very little money.

The introduction of the Athlon 200GE places AMD's current lineup as follows:

The Athlon 200GE is a dual core processor with simultaneous multi-threading, and without turbo: it will operate at 3.2 GHz at any time. The TDP is the biggest fit, with AMD offering a low power, low cost 35W product. The three units of calculation will be sufficient for all office tasks and some light games. However, this price of $ 55 means that AMD believes that it will compete with products like the Pentium G4560 (although it is an earlier generation) and replaces the popular A6-9500E based in Bristol Ridge. Since this is an APU, the hearts are still "first generation Zen," but AMD aims to align the party with its second-generation family.

Update: AMD has updated its equipment to include the launch of an Athlon 220GE and an Athlon 240GE later this year. The table has been updated.

AMD says the new game will offer 4K screen output (thanks to integrated Vega graphics), native USB 3.1 support, and NVMe SSD support. The processor is compatible with the AM4 socket, which means that it can be enabled for at least one DRAM overclocking (AMD has confirmed that the processor is locked for frequency overclocking, such as pro processors).

At $ 55, it is just under half the price of the quad-core Ryzen 5 2200G with less than half of the graphics and just over half of the TDP. For those looking for a low-cost system, AMD now has a good Zen competitor, where there was none before.

There are also some new pro processors

In addition to the consumer launch, AMD is also expanding its Pro processor family. Pro processors are the professional / professional versions of consumer components, designed for professional deployments and offering additional management features as well as reliability / availability and commercial assurance. Companies looking to deploy Ryzen will review these parts against standard consumer parts in order to gain control and knowledge of the guaranteed support.

The new parts come from AMD's second-generation Ryzen, and are therefore built on the 12nm process with additional modifications for faster access to the cache. In our review of Ryzen's second generation parts, we showed that AMD's claim of + 3% for a clock performance was true and climbed to + 10% when the higher frequencies came into effect. The time to make these processors ready to be marketed is longer, hence the timing difference between consumer launches and launches.

The four new processors are the Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, 2700, 2600X and the Athlon Pro 200GE, the latter corresponding to the mainstream product also announced today. The AMD Pro product stack is now filled with next-generation APUs and parts, which will be good news for OEMs who deploy systems based on them. The low-cost 200GE should also help thin clients requiring video output.

Availability

The Athlon 200GE is expected to be on the shelves within a few weeks, while the Pro ranges will be integrated into OEM systems when these OEMs have analyzed their product strategies, possibly in the fourth quarter.

Can we talk about the new Athlon logo?

The first thing that struck me with this announcement was that the Athlon logo had been adjusted. Several exhibits exhibited in reverse chronological order:

Having the name Athlon in the font 'Ryzen' just does not look The chip is not called Ryzen, like the classic processors, Threadripper or EPYC. Maybe it's just me. I wonder how much the name Opteron would be good / bad in this font. Thoughts?

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