AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i9-9960X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i9-9960X 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 i9-9960X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 85°C
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Launch date	7 Jul 2019 vs October 2018
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 85°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9960X

14 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 2
28 more threads: 32 vs 4
5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
5.5x 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 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2617 vs 1869
7.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30618 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 2
Number of threads	32 vs 4
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	22 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2617 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	30618 vs 4273

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9960X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

2617

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

30618

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i9-9960X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	2617
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	30618
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1158
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		14294
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		13076

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i9-9960X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Skylake
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	October 2018
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1263	619
Processor Number	300GE	i9-9960X
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.10 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	22 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	85°C
Number of cores	2	16
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum frequency		4.40 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	165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	44
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)