AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Pentium G3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Pentium G3450 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 300GE

Intel Pentium G3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 32% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 50% 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
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 53 Watt
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4273 vs 2178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jul 2019 vs May 2014
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 72°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 53 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4273 vs 2178

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3450

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1897 vs 1869

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1897 vs 1869

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3450

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1869

1897

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4273

2178

Name	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Pentium G3450
PassMark - Single thread mark	1869	1897
PassMark - CPU mark	4273	2178
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		155.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.856

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Pentium G3450
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Haswell
Launch date	7 Jul 2019	May 2014
OPN Tray	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1357	1377
Processor Number	300GE	G3450
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$175
Price now		$99.99
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.91
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.40 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	72°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		3.4 GHz
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
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
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.1/12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	53 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013C
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 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 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
Max resolution over DisplayPort		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)