AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 vs 19 April 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2383 vs 1911
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13908 vs 4308
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 12 vs 4
L1 cache 576 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2383 vs 1911
PassMark - CPU mark 13908 vs 4308

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1911
2383
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4308
13908
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1911 2383
PassMark - CPU mark 4308 13908
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1048
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5755
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3664

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen+
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 19 April 2018
OPN Tray YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1331 1305
Processor Number PRO 300GE
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch price (MSRP) $229
OPN PIB YD260XBCAFBOX
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $218.99
Series AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100) 19.29

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 576 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 12 nm FinFET
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Number of cores 2 6
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 209.78 mm
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz
Transistor count 4940 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 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution Wraith Spire

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
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 Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD StoreMI technology

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)