You'll never find something like an Athlon 3000G among the best CPUs for gaming. That doesn't mean the four-year-old chip has disappeared from the face of the earth. On the contrary, the Athlon 3000G continues to grace the market with its presence and even flaunts new packaging.
Built on the 14nm process node, the Athlon 3000G dates back to AMD's Zen days. The 35W processor features a dual-core, quad-thread design with a static 3.5 GHz base clock. Being a bottom-of-the-barrel chip, the Athlon 3000G doesn't get much attention. However, two different variants are on the market, carrying different OPNs (orderable product numbers). AMD lists the YD3000C6FHBOX version on its website that uses the Dali die, a cheaper offshoot of Raven Ridge. Meanwhile, the YD3000C6FBBOX version is based on the original Raven Ridge.
