AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 300U and Intel Pentium Gold 5405U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics image quality, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon 300U

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300U

Around 43% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
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
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1769 vs 1301
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3872 vs 2259

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
L1 cache	193 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769 vs 1301
PassMark - CPU mark	3872 vs 2259

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 300U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1769

1301

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3872

2259

Name	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769	1301
PassMark - CPU mark	3872	2259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3998
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3998

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 300U	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YM300UC4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1464	1341
Series	AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Mobile
Architecture codename		Whiskey Lake
Launch date		23 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Processor Number		5405U
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.30 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	193 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz	950 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® UHD Graphics 610
Device ID		0x3EA1
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL		4.5
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12.5 W
Configurable TDP-down		12.5 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		46x24
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		12
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)