AMD Athlon 300U vs AMD A8-7200P

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and AMD A8-7200P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 102 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1774 vs 1054
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3867 vs 2154
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 102 °C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1774 vs 1054
PassMark - CPU mark 3867 vs 2154

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7200P

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: AMD A8-7200P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1774
1054
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3867
2154
Name AMD Athlon 300U AMD A8-7200P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1774 1054
PassMark - CPU mark 3867 2154
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1723
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3148

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 300U AMD A8-7200P

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray YM300UC4T2OFG AM720PDGH44JA
Place in performance rating 1457 1484
Series AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Architecture codename Kaveri
Launch date 4 June 2014

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Compute Cores 5 8
L1 cache 193 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 102 °C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3 4
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 245 mm
Transistor count 2410 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz 626 MHz
iGPU core count 3 4
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP5 FP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0