AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD A6-6400K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD A6-6400K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1920 vs 1444
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4364 vs 1509
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 vs 4 June 2013
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 32 nm SOI
L1 cache 192 KB vs 96 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1920 vs 1444
PassMark - CPU mark 4364 vs 1509

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-6400K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD A6-6400K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1920
1444
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4364
1509
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD A6-6400K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1920 1444
PassMark - CPU mark 4364 1509
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1741
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3943
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1741
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3943

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD A6-6400K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Richland
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 4 June 2013
OPN Tray YD300BC6M2OFH AD640KOKA23HL
Place in performance rating 1328 2064
Processor Number PRO 300GE
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD640KOKHLBOX
Series AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.9 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 96 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 70°C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 70 °C
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz
Transistor count 1303 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3 192
Number of pipelines 192 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4

Advanced Technologies

AMD GuardMI technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
PowerGating
PowerNow
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0