AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD FX-8310

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD FX-8310 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

• Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 70.50°C
• 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 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1911 vs 1391

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8310

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
• 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5045 vs 4308

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD FX-8310

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1911 1391
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4308 5045

Compare specifications (specs)