AMD Readies Athlon 200GE and Athlon Pro 200GE: First Athlon Branded "Zen"

[btarunr]

AMD is giving finishing touches to the Athlon 200GE (YD200GC6M2OFB) and Athlon Pro 200GE (YD200GC6M20FB) socket AM4 APUs, which will likely be a part of the company's answer to Intel's Pentium Gold series. The "E" brand extension denotes energy-efficiency, and both chips have a rated TDP of just 35W. The two are based on AMD's 14 nm "Raven Ridge" silicon, and pack a 2-core/4-thread CPU based on the "Zen" microarchitecture, clocked at 3.20 GHz.

Unlike previous few generations of Athlon-branded parts, which were essentially socket FM2(+) APUs devoid of integrated graphics, the Athlon 200GE and Athlon Pro 200GE do feature the Radeon Vega integrated graphics solution, but we expect it to be watered down compared to the Ryzen 2000G series chips. What sets the Athlon Pro part apart from its non-Pro sibling is the same feature that set Ryzen Pro apart, such as SEV. The two chips surfaced on the updated CPU compatibility lists of ASUS Crosshair VII Hero X470.



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[eidairaman1]

Might be good for Business Machines. Pricing is right, those who can't afford a top tier or mid range laptop would receive this, would condiderably be better than any netbook out there or atom based unit for sure...

 

[ironwolf]

35W TDP sounding just right for the Alpine AM4 passive cooler.

 

[GoldenX]

We need cheaper ITX boards for these processors, the A300 and X300 chipsets, something similar to the AM1 boards.

 

[T1beriu]

those who can't afford a top tier or mid range laptop would receive this, would condiderably be better than any netbook out there or atom based unit for sure...

These CPUs are for desktops.

 

[eidairaman1]

These CPUs are for desktops.

With them being lower power, they can be used in a laptop, yes socket based laptops exist.

 

[Melvis]

Interesting CPU's from AMD and TBH I didnt think these would be really needed with the 2200G out there in the wild kicking there butts.

 

[eidairaman1]

Interesting CPU's from AMD and TBH I didnt think these would be really needed with the 2200G out there in the wild kicking there butts.

Gotta sell whats useable out of yields.

 

[Jimster480]

AMD always does this... I've been wondering when we will see 2C variants.
Over time they collect faulty dies and make the best of their yields to keep the prices down. Instead of straight wasting silicon, all the partially defective silicon gets sold in different bins they create over time.
This is basically how every ultra-budget AMD part is created, infact its basically how every part below the top end SKU's is created, and its why they typically stagger the releases because it takes time to build up stockpiles of partially defective chips and determine what is the most cost-effective way of binning them.

These Athlon parts are actually great in many ways, I am interested in them for my NAS or maybe even HTPC in the near future.
I might even consider rebuilding one of my mini servers with one of these chips as they will be much faster than the Jaguar chips... some of which have a similar TDP.

 

[T1beriu]

With them being lower power, they can be used in a laptop, yes socket based laptops exist.

35W for a dual-core socketed CPU in a laptop is a terrible idea.

Desktop CPU versions (65W, 95W) are used in laptops for big beefy gaming laptops, not a tiny dual-core Athlon. There's no incentive for a OEM to use this puny socketed CPU in a laptop when there are better mobile AMD versions on the market.