AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-9400F

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i5-9400F processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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

Intel Core i5-9400F

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9400F

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2436 vs 1869
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9469 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2436 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	9469 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-9400F

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2436

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

9469

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-9400F
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2436
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	9469
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1083
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4737
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3746

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-9400F
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	Q1'19
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1359	1345
Processor Number	300GE	i5-9400F
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.90 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Number of cores	2	6
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum frequency		4.10 GHz
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
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	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015C (65W)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	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® Optane™ Memory Supported
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)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot