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AMD GX-217GI Review: Explore CPU Specs and Performance

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AMD GX-217GI
Let's talk about the AMD GX-217GI processor, released in Q2/2016. This review covers all its specs and performance metrics, giving you a comprehensive overview. Feel free to dive into the details and compare it with other models. With its base clock frequency 1.70 GHz, core count , and memory support for DDR3-1600, DDR4-1600, this CPU packs a punch. It's compatible with Socket FP4 motherboards and has a thermal design power (TDP) of 12 W.

AMD GX-217GI specs

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Information about the AMD GX-217GI segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

Specification Value
Name AMD GX-217GI
Family AMD G
CPU group AMD GX 3rd Gen.
Segment Mobile
Generation 3
Predecessor --
Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Technical and quantitative specifications of the AMD GX-217GI: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
CPU Cores / Threads 2 / 2
Core architecture normal
Cores 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT No
Overclocking No
Frequency 1.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores) --

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in AMD GX-217GI along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name AMD Radeon R6E
GPU frequency 0.76 GHz
GPU (Turbo) No turbo
Execution units 4
Shader 256
Max. GPU Memory --
Max. displays 2
Generation 0
Direct X 0
Technology 0
Release date 2015

Hardware codec support

List of video codecs supported by the AMD GX-217GI CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
h264 No
VP8 No
VP9 No
AV1 No
AVC No
VC-1 No
JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the AMD GX-217GI. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type DDR3-1600, DDR4-1600
Max. Memory
Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth --
ECC No
PCIe 3 x 8
AES-NI Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP has the AMD GX-217GI? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 12 W
TDP (PL2) --
TDP up 15 W
TDP down --
Tjunction max. --

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the AMD GX-217GI CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Technology 28 nm
Chip design
Socket FP4
L2-Cache 1.00 MB
L3-Cache --
Architecture Prairie Falcon Excavator+
Operating systems
Virtualization None
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date Q2/2016
Release price --
Part Number GE217GAAY23KA
Documents --

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