AMD Athlon 300U vs AMD PRO A8-9600B
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and AMD PRO A8-9600B 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U
- Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1774 vs 1194
- Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3867 vs 2292
Specifications (specs) | |
Maximum core temperature | 105°C vs 90°C |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1774 vs 1194 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3867 vs 2292 |
Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-9600B
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
L2 cache | 2 MB vs 1 MB |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A8-9600B
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon 300U | AMD PRO A8-9600B |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1774 | 1194 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3867 | 2292 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 427 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1128 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.973 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 231.224 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.117 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 19.579 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 57.356 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon 300U | AMD PRO A8-9600B | |
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Essentials |
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Family | AMD Athlon Processors | AMD PRO A-Series Processors |
OPN Tray | YM300UC4T2OFG | AM960BADY44AB |
Place in performance rating | 1456 | 1476 |
Series | AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics | AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge | |
Launch date | 10/24/2016 | |
OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Compute Cores | 5 | |
L1 cache | 193 KB | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 105°C | 90°C |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 3 | 6 |
Number of threads | 4 | 4 |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 250 mm | |
Transistor count | 3100 Million | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Supported memory frequency | 2400 MHz | 1866 MHz |
Supported memory types | DDR4 | |
Graphics |
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Graphics max frequency | 1000 MHz | 720 MHz |
iGPU core count | 3 | 6 |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | R5 |
Enduro | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Codec Engine (VCE) | ||
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | FP5 | FP4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Configurable TDP | 12 Watt/15 Watt | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
FreeSync | ||
AMD Secure technology | ||
DualGraphics | ||
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Out-of-band client management | ||
PowerGating | ||
PowerNow | ||
PowerTune | ||
RAID | ||
System Image Stability | ||
TrueAudio | ||
VirusProtect | ||
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 8 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 |