AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i7-6920HQ 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 i7-6920HQ

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Launch date	8 Apr 2019 vs 1 September 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6920HQ

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2093 vs 1931
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7342 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2093 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark	7342 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6920HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

2093

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

7342

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i7-6920HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	2093
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	7342
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		879
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		75.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6093

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Core i7-6920HQ
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Skylake
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1321	1241
Price now		$568
Processor Number		i7-6920HQ
Series		6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		4.99
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	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Die size		122 mm
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
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	45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Graphics
Device ID		0x191B
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over WiDi		1080p
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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)