AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3 GHz
Around 45% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 72.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 51% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1769 vs 1234
3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3872 vs 1210

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 72.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	193 KB vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769 vs 1234
PassMark - CPU mark	3872 vs 1210

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	6144 KB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1769

1234

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3872

1210

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769	1234
PassMark - CPU mark	3872	1210
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		422
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		738
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2400
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		26.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.408

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1464	2981
Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Wolfdale
Launch date		January 2008
Price now		$129.95
Processor Number		E8400
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		4.87
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.00 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	193 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	6144 KB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	72.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1333 MHz FSB
Die size		107 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Transistor count		410 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)