AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i5-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i5-8500B 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.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Intel Core i5-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8500B

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2538 vs 1931
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8901 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2538 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark	8901 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

2538

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

8901

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	2538
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	8901
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1076
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i5-8500B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Coffee Lake
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	Q2'18
Place in performance rating	1326	1233
Processor Number		i5-8500B
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.00 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	4.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR4-2666
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Graphics
Device ID		0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@30Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)