Together with the Ryzen 9 3950X, AMD just launched their last Raven Ridge APU – the Athlon 3000G!
Here is EVERYTHING you need to know about the AMD Athlon 3000G, and how it compares against the older Raven Ridge APUs!
Updated @ 2019-11-26 : Added Singapore purchase link.
Updated @ 2019-11-22 : Added the official AMD Athlon 3000G price for Malaysia.
Updated @ 2019-11-20 : Added UK purchase links, and some minor corrections.
Originally posted @ 2019-11-07
Introducing The AMD Athlon 3000G
The AMD Raven Ridge soldiers on for one more hurrah! Introducing the AMD Athlon 3000G in this video is Don Woligroski, AMD Desktop Processor Technical Marketing Manager.
AMD Athlon 3000G : The Last Raven Ridge APU!
The 3000G is what AMD calls an Accelerated Processing Unit, because it combines a processor with a graphics processor in a single die.
It comes with two Zen processor cores that are capable of handling four simultaneous threads, and a Radeon Vega 3 GPU with 12 texture units and 4 ROPs.
Priced at just US$49, the Athlon 3000G has a fixed 3.5 GHz clock speed, with a 35 W TDP. It comes with a 1 MB L2 cache and a 4 MB L3 cache. Unlike earlier Raven Ridge APUs though, the 3000G has been unlocked for overclocking.
However, this will be the (last and) only Raven Ridge Athlon to be released this year, so don’t expect a higher clocked part. Don Woligroski confirmed this in the Q&A session (see this video)
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AMD Athlon 3000G Specifications
As this table shows, the Athlon 3000G is basically the Athlon 240GE with a 100 MHz faster Vega 3 GPU, that has been unlocked for easier overclocking.
| Specifications | Athlon 3000G |
Athlon 240GE |
Athlon 220GE |
Athlon 200GE |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | |||
| Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | |||
| Base Clock | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost Clock | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB | |||
| L3 Cache | 4 MB | |||
| Vega Graphics | Vega 3 (1100 MHz) | Vega 3 (1000 MHz) | ||
| Memory Support | DDR4-2667 (Dual Channel) | |||
| TDP | 35 W | |||
| Launch Price | $49 | $75 | $65 | $55 |
How Fast Is The AMD Athlon 3000G?
AMD is targeting the 3000G against the Intel Pentium G5400, which retails at $73 – almost 50% higher.
According to AMD’s benchmarks, it will offer better performance across the board, at ⅔ of the cost.
Because it’s very similar to last year’s Athlon 240GE, AMD unlocked the 3000G to allow for easier overclocking.
If you overclock it by 400 MHz to 3.9 GHz, you will see even better performance over the Intel Pentium G5400 :
AMD Athlon 3000G Price + Availability
The AMD Athlon 3000G has a recommended retail price of just US$49 / RM209, and it will be available for purchase from 19 November 2019 onwards.
Here are some online purchase options (we will update it when more opportunities come online) :
This makes it 35% cheaper than the Athlon 240GE ($75) when it was first launched. But of course, that was a year ago!
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