AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD A8-7670K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD A8-7670K 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, 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

  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1927 vs 1485
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4423 vs 3192
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1927 vs 1485
PassMark - CPU mark 4423 vs 3192

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7670K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 256 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD A8-7670K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1927
1485
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4423
3192
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD A8-7670K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1927 1485
PassMark - CPU mark 4423 3192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 126.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1882
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1882
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7326

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD A8-7670K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+
Launch date 20 Sep 2019
OPN Tray YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1223 826
Processor Number PRO 300GE
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD767KXBJCSBX
Series AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 72.40°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3 6
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
Compute Cores 10
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz

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 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2666

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3 512
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 757 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Near Silent 95W

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 3.0
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
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
FreeSync
PowerTune
TrueAudio

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)