AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core m3-8100Y

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Core m3-8100Y 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, 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 7 month(s) later
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 1702
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4080 vs 2864
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Apr 2019 vs 30 August 2018
L1 cache 128K (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1931 vs 1702
PassMark - CPU mark 4080 vs 2864

Reasons to consider the Intel Core m3-8100Y

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 5 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core m3-8100Y

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1931
1702
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4080
2864
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300U Intel Core m3-8100Y
PassMark - Single thread mark 1931 1702
PassMark - CPU mark 4080 2864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 187.542
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.936
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1215
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3974
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1215
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2139
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3974

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Intel Core m3-8100Y

Essentials

Architecture codename Raven Ridge 2 Amber Lake Y
Launch date 8 Apr 2019 30 August 2018
Place in performance rating 1322 1263
Processor Number m3-8100Y
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ m Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 1.10 GHz
L1 cache 128K (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, Dual-channel LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP5 FCBGA1515
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 4.5 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 600 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 8 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 1.60 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 20mm X 16.5mm

Graphics

Device ID 0x591C
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 900 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 16 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 615

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 10
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

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)