AMD Athlon 300GE vs AMD PRO A8-8650B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and AMD PRO A8-8650B 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 - 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 A8-8650B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1869 vs 1492
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4273 vs 3208

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869 vs 1492
PassMark - CPU mark	4273 vs 3208

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-8650B

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 A8-8650B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

1492

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

3208

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD PRO A8-8650B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	1492
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	3208
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		532
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		219.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.052
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		64.844

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD PRO A8-8650B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	7 Jul 2019
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH	AD865BYBI44JC
Place in performance rating	1358	1363
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 A8 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.2 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	71.30°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
Compute Cores		10
Maximum frequency		3.9 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	384
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		757 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	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 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