AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 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 Ryzen 5 2500X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 10 September 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x 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
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2324 vs 1911
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9467 vs 4308

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2324 vs 1911
PassMark - CPU mark	9467 vs 4308

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

2324

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4308

9467

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	2324
PassMark - CPU mark	4308	9467
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		987
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3765

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	10 September 2018
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH	YD250XBBM4KAF
Place in performance rating	1329	1353
Processor Number	PRO 300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Transistor count		4800 million
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	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
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	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		Not included
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	3.0	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
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)