AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i7-4910MQ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 i7-4910MQ

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
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 19 January 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4910MQ

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2033 vs 1931
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6253 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2033 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark	6253 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4910MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

2033

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

6253

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i7-4910MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	2033
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	6253
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		908
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		93.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		35.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4828

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i7-4910MQ
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Haswell
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	19 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1321	1309
Launch price (MSRP)		$568
Price now		$459.95
Processor Number		i7-4910MQ
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		6.03
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.90 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Transistor count		1400 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	47 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		1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.3 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
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
VGA
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, 2x8, 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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
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)