AMD Athlon 300GE vs AMD PRO A10-8850B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and AMD PRO A10-8850B 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, 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).

AMD Athlon 300GE

AMD PRO A10-8850B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1869 vs 1611
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4273 vs 3752

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark	4273 vs 3752

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8850B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

1611

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

3752

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD PRO A10-8850B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	1611
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	3752
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		94.575

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD PRO A10-8850B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	7 Jul 2019
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH	AD885BXBI44JC
Place in performance rating	1262	814
Processor Number	300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	72.40°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	8
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
Compute Cores		12
Maximum frequency		4.1 GHz
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	512
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FM2+
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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0