AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i7-7820X 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, 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

Intel Core i7-7820X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 140 Watt

Launch date	7 Jul 2019 vs June 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-7820X

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 99°C vs 95 °C
2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2523 vs 1869
4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17166 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	99°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	11264 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2523 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	17166 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-7820X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2523

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

17166

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i7-7820X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2523
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	17166
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1138
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		8814
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		5958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		159.198
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		16.376

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i7-7820X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Skylake
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	June 2017
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1357	1376
Processor Number	300GE	i7-7820X
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$679
Price now		$499.99
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		10.93
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	11264 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	99°C
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		4.30 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 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	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	28
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4
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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)