AMD Athlon 300U vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and AMD Ryzen 3 2300U 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon 300U

AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1796 vs 1750

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1796 vs 1750

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Around 99% 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 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5529 vs 3919

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB vs 193 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5529 vs 3919

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 2300U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1796

1750

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3919

5529

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1796	1750
PassMark - CPU mark	3919	5529
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		724
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		376.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		90.909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300U	AMD Ryzen 3 2300U
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG	YM2300C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating	1343	820
Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Zen
Launch date		8 January 2018
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	193 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
Transistor count		4500 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	6
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		Not included
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)