AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD FX-8100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD FX-8100 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.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

AMD FX-8100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1911 vs 1151
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4308 vs 4055

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs October 2011
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911 vs 1151
PassMark - CPU mark	4308 vs 4055

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8100

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x 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

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	8 vs 2
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD FX-8100

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

1151

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4308

4055

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD FX-8100
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	1151
PassMark - CPU mark	4308	4055
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1999
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7176

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD FX-8100
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zambezi
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	October 2011
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1329	1339
Processor Number	PRO 300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$142
Value for money (0-100)		12.48
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	8192 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Number of cores	2	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		315 mm
Maximum frequency		2.8 GHz
Transistor count		1200 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)