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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon PRO 300U | Intel Core i7-7700HQ |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DisplayPort | ||
DVI | ||
eDP | ||
HDMI | ||
Number of displays supported | 3 | |
Wireless Display (WiDi) support | ||
Graphics image quality |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 16 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
PCIe configurations | Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 | |
Security & Reliability |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |