AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 8 Apr 2019 vs 3 January 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-7700HQ

  • 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
  • 1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2056 vs 1931
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6906 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 6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2056 vs 1931
PassMark - CPU mark 6906 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-7700HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1931
2056
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4080
6906
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300U Intel Core i7-7700HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1931 2056
PassMark - CPU mark 4080 6906
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 875
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3303
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 78.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6054

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Raven Ridge 2 Kaby Lake
Launch date 8 Apr 2019 3 January 2017
Place in performance rating 1321 1326
Launch price (MSRP) $378
Processor Number i7-7700HQ
Series 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 128K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 6 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 DMI
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, Dual-channel DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 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 0x591B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 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® HD Graphics 630

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 eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A

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® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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)