Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Athlon 200GE outperforms the more expensive Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Athlon 200GE is 3243 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-960.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 200GE
- Performs up to 7% better in Minecraft than Core i7-960 - 648 vs 603 FPS
- Up to 50% cheaper than Core i7-960 - $149.0 vs $299.0
- Up to 54% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i7-960 - $0.23 vs $0.5 per FPS
- Consumes up to 73% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 35 vs 130 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-960 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-960
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 200GE - 8 vs 4 threads
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
FPS
648
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.23/FPS
100%
Price, $
$149
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Single-Core
491
55.23059617547806%
Multi-Core
1663
89.55304254173399%
AMD Athlon 200GE | vs | Intel Core i7-960 |
---|---|---|
Sep 6th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 20th, 2009 |
Athlon | Collection | Core i7 |
Raven Ridge | Codename | Bloomfield |
AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1366 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 | Cores | 4 |
4 | Threads | 8 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 130 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 45 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | None |
No | Overclockable | No |