AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-4690S

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i5-4690S processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon 300GE

Intel Core i5-4690S

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 71.35°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 71.35°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4690S

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2198 vs 1869
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5524 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2198 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	5524 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4690S

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2198

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

5524

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-4690S
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2198
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	5524
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		934
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		72.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1370
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5396

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-4690S
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Haswell
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	Q2'14
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1263	1246
Processor Number	300GE	i5-4690S
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	71.35°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Maximum frequency		3.90 GHz
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	350 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Device ID		0x412
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013C
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)