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AMD Athlon 200GE APU With Zen Architecture and Vega Graphics Launched for Entry Level Desktops

AMD Athlon 200GE APU With Zen Architecture and Vega Graphics Launched for Entry-Level Desktops 6v724j

By Jamshed Avari | Updated: 6 September 2018 18:30 IST

Highlights

The new Athlon 200GE uses AMD's 'Raven Ridge' APU design
It features 3 Radeon Vega graphics compute units
Athlon Pro and Ryzen Pro Us for commercial PCs have also been launched

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AMD has taken the wraps off a new low-cost Athlon U for entry-level s. The new model, named AMD Athlon 200GE, features integrated Pentium Gold and Celeron product lines, and is priced at Rs. 4,190 in India ($55 in the USA). 5x554s

The Athlon 200GE is the sole model being announced, with no news about whether there will be more at a later date. It runs at 3.2GHz with two cores and multi-threading. It is based on the same 14nm ‘Raven Ridge’ design used for the Socket AM4 motherboards as all Ryzen Us.

On the graphics front, the Athlon 200GE features three Vega graphics compute units. AMD promises HD gaming, Netflix and other video streaming, and smooth Web rendering. Vega features such as FreeSync are ed. According to the company, this new APU outperforms the 54W Intel Pentium G4560 by 67 percent in specific graphics tests, and is an average of 3 percent behind in U-bound scenarios. Compared to AMD’s own previous-generation A6-9500E APU, the new Athlon 200GE delivers an average of twice as much performance.

AMD acknowledges that it’s using the Intel for the first time when they debuted nearly 20 years ago. With this launch, AMD will phase out some of its legacy A-series APUs.

Along with this launch, AMD is also introducing an Athlon Pro 200GE model targeted at basic office desktops. Three new Ryzen Pro Us for high-end PCs will also AMD’s commercial U product line. The new Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, Ryzen 7 Pro 2700, and Ryzen 5 Pro 2600 mirror the specifications of their non-Pro counterparts, but run at slightly lower speeds. These processors are optimised for security and enterprise management as well as platform longevity. Prices for the Athlon Pro and Ryzen Pro models have not been announced.

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