AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Celeron 2970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Celeron 2970M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Intel Celeron 2970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2x 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
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 1245
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4080 vs 1501

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 14 April 2014
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache	128K (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931 vs 1245
PassMark - CPU mark	4080 vs 1501

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2970M

524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

L3 cache	2 MB vs 4MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2970M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1245

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

1501

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Celeron 2970M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1245
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	1501
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Celeron 2970M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Haswell
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	14 April 2014
Place in performance rating	1321	1289
Launch price (MSRP)		$75
Processor Number		2970M
Series		Intel® Celeron® Processor 2000 Series
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		130 mm
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Transistor count		960 Million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR3L 1333/1600
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP5	FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)