AMD Athlon 300GE vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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, 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 Ryzen 9 3900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2707 vs 1869
7.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32659 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	6 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2707 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	32659 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2707

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

32659

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2707
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	32659
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		8594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		72.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.686

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen 2
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	7 July 2019
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH	100-000000023
Place in performance rating	1263	1006
Processor Number	300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		Ryzen
OPN PIB		100-100000023BOX
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3800 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Number of cores	2	12
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	24
Unlocked
Maximum frequency		4600 MHz
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
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
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	105 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	3.0	4.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4	x16
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™)