AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i7-6700K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i7-6700K 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, 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 64°C
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 91 Watt
Launch date 7 Jul 2019 vs 5 August 2015
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 64°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 91 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6700K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2505 vs 1869
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8935 vs 4273
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L1 cache 256 KB vs 192 KB
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2505 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark 8935 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6700K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1869
2505
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4273
8935
Name AMD Athlon 300GE Intel Core i7-6700K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1869 2505
PassMark - CPU mark 4273 8935
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1148
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4458
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.186
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 101.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.939
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 7.351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 300GE Intel Core i7-6700K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Skylake
Launch date 7 Jul 2019 5 August 2015
OPN Tray YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1357 1346
Processor Number 300GE i7-6700K
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $339
Price now $316.99
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 10.33

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 4.00 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 64°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

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 530
Device ID 0x1912
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 91 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015D (130W)

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)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

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