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Tech Day In Vegas – The Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G
The Ryzen 5 2400G APU headlines AMD’s new APU family with 4 cores and 8 threads clocked at a base 3.6Ghz and a boosted 3.9GHz.
Details:
Ryzen 5 2400GFrequency: 3.6GHz, 3.9GHz max boostCores: fourThreads: eightCompute Units: 11Price: $169Release Date: February 12
Ryzen 3 2200GFrequency: 3.5GHz, 3.7GHz max boostCores: fourThreads: fourCompute Units: 8Price: $99Release Date: February 12
AMD claims that its Ryzen 5 2400G is twice as fast as Intel’s i5-8400 CPU. The company asserts that its able to match Intel’s CPU even when it’s paired with Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1030 discrete GPU.read more at gamespot.com
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