AMD Athlon 300GE vs AMD FX-8310

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and AMD FX-8310 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon 300GE

AMD FX-8310

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 70.50°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1869 vs 1391

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869 vs 1391

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8310

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5045 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L2 cache	8 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5045 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: AMD FX-8310

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

1391

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

5045

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD FX-8310
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	1391
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	5045
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2352
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		30.36

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD FX-8310
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	7 Jul 2019
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH	FD8310WMW8KHK
Place in performance rating	1357	1345
Processor Number	300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD FX-Series Processors
OPN PIB		FD8310WMHKSBX
Series		AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	70.50°C
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
Maximum frequency		4.3 GHz
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)