AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i5-8420T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i5-8420T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Intel Core i5-8420T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 83% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs September 2018
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8420T

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2359296x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	6 vs 2
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 128K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core) vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	9 MB (shared) vs 4MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8420T

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-8420T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931
PassMark - CPU mark	4080

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-8420T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Coffee Lake
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	September 2018
Place in performance rating	1326	not rated
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	9 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)