AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Core i3-8300T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 220GE and Intel Core i3-8300T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon 220GE

Intel Core i3-8300T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 220GE

Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 82°C

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 82°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1959 vs 1951

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8300T

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5576 vs 4429

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5576 vs 4429

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 220GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8300T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1959

1951

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4429

5576

Name	AMD Athlon 220GE	Intel Core i3-8300T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1959	1951
PassMark - CPU mark	4429	5576

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 220GE	Intel Core i3-8300T
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YD220GC6M2OFB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1305	1292
Series	AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Coffee Lake
Launch date		April 2018
Price now		$226.99
Processor Number		i3-8300T
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		9.93
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.20 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	82°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		3.2 GHz
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2400
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Device ID		0x3E91
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		25 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		2.50 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015A (35W)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
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@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
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)
Secure Boot
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)