AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i5-4310M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Intel Core i5-4310M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 1812
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4080 vs 3112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 19 January 2014
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 1812
PassMark - CPU mark	4080 vs 3112

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4310M

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
786432x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L3 cache	3 MB vs 4MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4310M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1812

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

3112

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-4310M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1812
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	3112
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		716
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1547
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1004
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2793
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1004
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2793
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4404

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-4310M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Haswell
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	19 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1226	1157
Launch price (MSRP)		$225
Processor Number		i5-4310M
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	3 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	4
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	rPGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
Graphics
Device ID		0x416
Graphics base frequency		400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2/12
OpenGL		4.3
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)