AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1962 vs 1931
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5629 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Sep 2020 vs 8 Apr 2019
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1962 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark	5629 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1962

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

5629

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1962
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	5629

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Zen+
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	22 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	1225	1174
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray		YM350CC4T4MFG
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
Compute Cores		12
Maximum core temperature		105°C
Number of GPU cores		8
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP5	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1200 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture