AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Core i3-370M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Core i3-370M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon 300U

Intel Core i3-370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 51% 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 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1769 vs 976
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3872 vs 1168

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	193 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB vs 3072 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769 vs 976
PassMark - CPU mark	3872 vs 1168

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-370M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1769

976

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3872

1168

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Core i3-370M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769	976
PassMark - CPU mark	3872	1168
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		9.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Core i3-370M
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1464	3126
Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Vertical segment	Laptop	Mobile
Architecture codename		Arrandale
Launch date		10 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$245
Price now		$39.96
Processor Number		i3-370M
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		14.87
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.40 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	193 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size		81 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)		2500 MHz
Transistor count		382 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth		17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		8 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	667 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics base frequency		500 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		667 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		2
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	PGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		rPGA 37.5mmx 37.5mm, BGA 34mmx28mm
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x16
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)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)