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).

AMD Athlon 300U

AMD PRO A8-9600B

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

CPU 1

CPU 2

1774

1194

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3867

2292

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	AMD PRO A8-9600B
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
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG	AM960BADY44AB
Place in performance rating	1455	1473
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
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
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		250 mm
Transistor count		3100 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	1866 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
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
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12 Watt/15 Watt
Advanced Technologies
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
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
PCI Express revision		3.0
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0