AMD Athlon 300GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon 300GE

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	7 Jul 2019 vs March 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2568 vs 1869
4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17767 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	96K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2568 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	17767 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2568

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

17767

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2568
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	17767
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4635

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen 2
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	March 2019
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1263	1107
Processor Number	300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum frequency		4.4 GHz
Transistor count		4800 million
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	DDR4
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	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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™)