Thursday, September 6th 2018
AMD Announces "Zen" Based Athlon and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO Desktop Processors
AMD today announced a reimagined family of AMD Athlon desktop processors with Radeon Vega graphics that have been optimized for everyday PC users: the AMD Athlon 200GE, Athlon 220GE, and Athlon 240GE processor. Combining the high-performance x86 "Zen" core and "Vega] graphics architectures in a versatile System-on-Chip (SOC) design, the Athlon desktop processors offer responsive and reliable computing for a wide range of experiences, from day-to-day needs like web browsing and video streaming through more advanced workloads like high-definition PC gaming. Complementing this news, AMD announced the availability of the commercial-grade Athlon PRO 200GE desktop processor, along with three 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processor models for the commercial, enterprise, and the public sector: the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X, Ryzen 7 PRO 2700, and Ryzen 5 PRO 2600 processors. With these new introductions, AMD now offers a top-to-bottom line-up of professional-grade computing solutions for experiences that range from premium content creation to advanced multitasking and office productivity.
"We are proud to expand our successful "Zen" core-based consumer and commercial product portfolios today with the addition of AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen PRO desktop processors. The new Athlon desktop processors, now incorporating the advanced "Zen" core and "Vega"3 graphics architectures, energize a legendary processor brand in AMD Athlon - a brand that consumers and PC enthusiasts alike trusted throughout nearly two decades of innovation," said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, Client Compute, AMD. "Additionally, we are continuing to offer business PC users more processing power than we ever have before with the launch of 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors into the commercial market."
AMD Athlon 200GE Processor with Radeon Vega Graphics
The highly efficient "Zen" architecture helps the AMD Athlon 200GE processor stay cool and quiet for reliable computing experiences, while its "Zen" processor and graphics cores enable responsive PC performance and fluid experiences for games or HD movies. In addition, the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is supported by the existing AMD Socket AM4 infrastructure for a platform that delivers the latest PC features including DDR4 memory, NVMe storage, 4K display support, USB 3.1 Gen2 support, and that offers an easy upgrade path to even more performance with AMD Ryzen processors and discrete graphics cards.
The AMD Athlon 200GE desktop processor offers:
AMD PRO processors are designed for business, bringing reliability, security, and performance to address the demands of today's compute-intensive enterprise-focused workloads. All AMD PRO processors across the product stack provide commercial-grade quality and reliability to help ensure platform longevity and support open-standard manageability to enable greater management flexibility in a multi-vendor client environment at a business-friendly price. In addition, AMD GuardMI technology enables state-of-the-art, power-on to power-off, silicon-level security that helps protect against an ever-growing number of threats.
Built on x86 "Zen" core, both Athlon PRO 200GE and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors provide breakthrough responsiveness for the most demanding enterprise-class applications and multi-tasking workflows.
The AMD Athlon 200GE processor will be available from global retailers and system integrators starting Sept. 18, 2018, and the Athlon 220GE and 240GE processor models are slated for launch in Q4 2018. The AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors will be available with major global OEMs including Dell, HP, and Lenovo systems, dependent on respective OEM launch schedules.
"We are proud to expand our successful "Zen" core-based consumer and commercial product portfolios today with the addition of AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen PRO desktop processors. The new Athlon desktop processors, now incorporating the advanced "Zen" core and "Vega"3 graphics architectures, energize a legendary processor brand in AMD Athlon - a brand that consumers and PC enthusiasts alike trusted throughout nearly two decades of innovation," said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, Client Compute, AMD. "Additionally, we are continuing to offer business PC users more processing power than we ever have before with the launch of 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors into the commercial market."
The highly efficient "Zen" architecture helps the AMD Athlon 200GE processor stay cool and quiet for reliable computing experiences, while its "Zen" processor and graphics cores enable responsive PC performance and fluid experiences for games or HD movies. In addition, the AMD Athlon 200GE processor is supported by the existing AMD Socket AM4 infrastructure for a platform that delivers the latest PC features including DDR4 memory, NVMe storage, 4K display support, USB 3.1 Gen2 support, and that offers an easy upgrade path to even more performance with AMD Ryzen processors and discrete graphics cards.
The AMD Athlon 200GE desktop processor offers:
- Up to 169 percent more responsive computing than AMD's previous generation AMD A6-9500E
- Up to 67 percent more GPU performance and up to 2X greater power efficiency than the competition
- Up to 84 percent faster high-definition PC gaming than the competition
AMD PRO processors are designed for business, bringing reliability, security, and performance to address the demands of today's compute-intensive enterprise-focused workloads. All AMD PRO processors across the product stack provide commercial-grade quality and reliability to help ensure platform longevity and support open-standard manageability to enable greater management flexibility in a multi-vendor client environment at a business-friendly price. In addition, AMD GuardMI technology enables state-of-the-art, power-on to power-off, silicon-level security that helps protect against an ever-growing number of threats.
Built on x86 "Zen" core, both Athlon PRO 200GE and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors provide breakthrough responsiveness for the most demanding enterprise-class applications and multi-tasking workflows.
- Athlon PRO 200GE processor offers
o Up to 19% faster system performance than the competition
o Up to 67% faster graphics performance than the competition - Ryzen 7 PRO 2700X processor delivers
o Up to 10% higher multiprocessing performance than the 1st Gen Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
o Up to 24% more CPU performance than the competition
o Up to 18% better performance than the competition
The AMD Athlon 200GE processor will be available from global retailers and system integrators starting Sept. 18, 2018, and the Athlon 220GE and 240GE processor models are slated for launch in Q4 2018. The AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO desktop processors will be available with major global OEMs including Dell, HP, and Lenovo systems, dependent on respective OEM launch schedules.
18 Comments on AMD Announces "Zen" Based Athlon and 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO Desktop Processors
Also the Athlon 200 GE is locked for some reason.
The chip can work in ECC mode - exactly like normal Ryzen.
ECC is "supported" (or "validated") when CPU manufacturer confirmed it works as it should and, as a result, takes responsibility if it malfunctions.
It's basically the same story as with all other products designed for professional use (certification and stuff). :-)Who said Intel is "crooked"? Basically all existing x86 CPUs can work with ECC memory.
Any modern x86 Intel CPU paired with an ECC-enabled chipset (and ECC RAM, obviously) should work just fine in ECC mode.
And lol at modern. They intentionally crippled everything before and it hasn't let up too much.
No, seriously, ECC is supported on few i3 and multiple Pentium/Celeron/Atom CPUs.
You need a chipset that supports ECC and none of the "consumer" kind does. But assuming you have a proper mobo, you can basically use any 1151 CPU and ECC should be functional.Z270 is a gaming chipset.
Few other manufacturers make motherboards with C-series chipsets.
Example: Gigabyte GA-X150M-PRO ECC
The reason why Intel certifies its Atom, Celeron, Pentium and a few i3 with ECC is because these CPUs are used in servers / IoT.
And, no, I'm (99% sure) not wrong about "chipsets". Intel forbids it to be enabled on the boards. There's no technical reason other than the traces aren't there, since ecc is banned on consumer boards. They really don't want anyone sticking the low end CPUs in them. The boards won't even boot with it, which also tells the story. Unless you want to tell me that whole old northbridge hasn't been integrated on-die for all these years, now :P
Let's fully regress and remove Vtd from everything, too, and segment by "chipset".
As for the issue:
Yes, Intel may want to block ECC on consumer PCs. Not a big deal for customers (ECC, seriously?) and possibly a big cost saver for Intel.
It's not like they don't offer ECC at all. They simply offer it in specific product lineups.
You don't have to spend a fortune to get an ECC-verified Intel CPU these days - even putting aside all the ECC-friendly Atoms, Pentiums and i3s.
You can simply get a cheap Xeon. They're offered in 4- and 6-core variants and start at around $300.Virtualization is a fundamental feature for business and very popular among consumers as well. ECC is really only important for production and just a luxury everything else.
My HTPC has a Phenom II X4 955 BE, Asus MB with NForce 720D chipset and 2x2GB Hynix DDR2-800 ECC, ECC works perfectly.
I have a Ryzen 1800 and a board that supports it, but I don't have ECC RAM to test it with.