AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Core i7-4860EQ
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Core i7-4860EQ 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U
- Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
- Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100 °C
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
- 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1774 vs 1754
Specifications (specs) | |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz |
Maximum core temperature | 105°C vs 100 °C |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 22 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 47 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1774 vs 1754 |
Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4860EQ
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
- Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5500 vs 3867
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 8 vs 4 |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) vs 193 KB |
L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 5500 vs 3867 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4860EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon 300U | Intel Core i7-4860EQ |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1774 | 1754 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3867 | 5500 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 143.214 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.101 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 14.262 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 25.733 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 11.798 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon 300U | Intel Core i7-4860EQ | |
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Essentials |
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Family | AMD Athlon Processors | |
OPN Tray | YM300UC4T2OFG | |
Place in performance rating | 1456 | 1458 |
Series | AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics | |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Architecture codename | Crystal Well | |
Launch date | August 2013 | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | |
Compute Cores | 5 | |
L1 cache | 193 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 8192 KB (shared) |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 22 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 105°C | 100 °C |
Maximum frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 3 | |
Number of threads | 4 | 8 |
Unlocked | ||
64 bit support | ||
Die size | 264 mm | |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 100 °C | |
Transistor count | 1400 million | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Supported memory frequency | 2400 MHz | |
ECC memory support | ||
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | |
Supported memory types | DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600 | |
Graphics |
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Graphics max frequency | 1000 MHz | 1 GHz |
iGPU core count | 3 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 |
Intel® Clear Video HD technology | ||
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology | ||
Intel® Quick Sync Video | ||
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
eDP | ||
Number of displays supported | 3 | |
VGA | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | FP5 | FCBGA1364 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 47 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
FreeSync | ||
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology | ||
Flexible Display interface (FDI) | ||
Idle States | ||
Instruction set extensions | SSE4.1 / 4.2, AVX 2.0 | |
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
Thermal Monitoring | ||
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 16 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
Security & Reliability |
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Anti-Theft technology | ||
Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Secure Key technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Virtualization |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) |