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).

AMD Athlon 300U

AMD A8-7200P

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	1456	1485
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