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.

 

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 1358 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