AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel N100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel N100 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.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Intel N100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1931 vs 1912

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931 vs 1912

Reasons to consider the Intel N100

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 50% 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
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5408 vs 4080

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Jan 2023 vs 8 Apr 2019
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5408 vs 4080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300U
CPU 2: Intel N100

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1931

1912

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4080

5408

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel N100
PassMark - Single thread mark	1931	1912
PassMark - CPU mark	4080	5408

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel N100
Essentials
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2	Alder Lake-N
Launch date	8 Apr 2019	3 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating	1326	1317
Launch price (MSRP)		$128
Processor Number		N100
Series		Intel Processor N-series
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature		105°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, Dual-channel	DDR4 3200 MT/s DDR5 4800 MT/s LPDDR5 4800 MT/s
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Supported memory frequency		4800 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1264
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt
Package Size		35mm x 24mm
Graphics
Device ID		0x46D1
Execution Units		24
Graphics max dynamic frequency		750 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096 x 2160@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		9
USB revision		2.0/3.2
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)