AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD PRO A6-8550B 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).

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1927 vs 1631
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4423 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4423 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1927

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4423

1882

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4423	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	20 Sep 2019
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH	AD855BYBI23JC
Place in performance rating	1224	1210
Processor Number	PRO 300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	71.30°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
Compute Cores		6
Maximum frequency		4 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	256
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
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	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
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 Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0