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).

AMD Athlon 300U

Intel Core i7-4860EQ

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: 1769 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	1769 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 3872

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 3872

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4860EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1769

1754

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3872

5500

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Core i7-4860EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769	1754
PassMark - CPU mark	3872	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
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1464	1466
Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Crystal Well
Launch date		August 2013
Performance
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
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
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
DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	47 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
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
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
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)