CPU Showdown

Athlon 220GEvsEPYC 9755

The Athlon 220GE is a low-power, dual-core chip perfect for a basic home office PC or a quiet media server, while the EPYC 9755 is a 128-core server processor built for massive data centers and heavy virtualization.

AMD Athlon 220GE
2C / 4T · 35W
VS
AMD EPYC 9755
128C / 256T · 500W
AMD

Athlon 220GE

Zen · 14 nm · 2018

3score
4.2/ 5
0 votes
Cores / Threads
2 / 4
TDP
35W
Boost Clock
3.4 GHz
L3 Cache
4 MB

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AMD

EPYC 9755

Turin · 4 nm · 2024

100score
2.8/ 5
0 votes
Cores / Threads
128 / 256
TDP
500W
Boost Clock
4.1 GHz
L3 Cache
512 MB

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Aggregate Performance

Overall Performance Score

A unified score from combined synthetic and real-world benchmarks. 100 represents the fastest desktop CPU available.

Athlon 220GE
3
EPYC 9755Winner
100
EPYC 9755 leads by 3233.3% in aggregate performance.
Where they rank overall
#1EPYC 9755100
#2Ryzen Threadripper 9980X86
#475Celeron G69003
#476Athlon 220GE3
#477Athlon 3000G3
Technical Specifications

Side-by-Side Specs

Every detail compared. Highlighted cells indicate the leading value for that metric.

SpecsAthlon 220GEEPYC 9755
Cores
Total Cores2128
Threads4256
Base Clock3.4 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost Clock3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Cache
L2 Cache1 MB128 MB
L3 Cache4 MB512 MB
Platform
SocketAM4SP5
MemoryDDR4DDR5
PCIePCIe 3.0PCIe 5.0
iGPUAMD Radeon Vega 3
Power
Base TDP35W500W
General
ArchitectureZenTurin
Process14 nm4 nm
Verdict

Which should you buy?

Winner overall

The EPYC 9755 utterly dominates the Athlon 220GE for any serious computing, offering vastly more cores and processing muscle.

Best value

For budget buyers, the Athlon 220GE is the smarter pick due to its low power draw and adequate speed for basic tasks.

When the other wins

The Athlon 220GE is the right choice for a simple home office PC where low heat output and quiet operation matter more than raw performance.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is the Athlon 220GE better than the EPYC 9755?

Overall the EPYC 9755 is the stronger processor: it ranks higher in our aggregate performance score (100 vs 3 out of 100), so it leads the Athlon 220GE in most workloads.

How much faster is the EPYC 9755 than the Athlon 220GE?

Based on our aggregated benchmark scores the EPYC 9755 is roughly 3233% faster than the Athlon 220GE overall. The real-world gap varies by game, resolution and settings.

Which should you buy, the Athlon 220GE or the EPYC 9755?

If you want the most performance, pick the EPYC 9755. If the Athlon 220GE is meaningfully cheaper where you shop, it can be the better value for similar real-world results — check current prices and the full spec comparison above before deciding.