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.
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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon PRO 300GE | AMD FX-8100 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen+ | Zambezi |
Launch date | 20 Sep 2019 | October 2011 |
OPN Tray | YD300BC6M2OFH | |
Place in performance rating | 1331 | 1343 |
Processor Number | PRO 300GE | |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Price now | $142 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 12.48 | |
Performance |
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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 |
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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 |
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Graphics base frequency | 1100 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 3 | |
Number of pipelines | 192 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | AM4 | AM3+ |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 95 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 20 | |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | |
PCIe configurations | 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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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 |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |