AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 vs 7 July 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
  • 20 more threads: 24 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2707 vs 1927
  • 7.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32660 vs 4423
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 2
Number of threads 24 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L2 cache 6 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2707 vs 1927
PassMark - CPU mark 32660 vs 4423

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1927
2707
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4423
32660
Name AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1927 2707
PassMark - CPU mark 4423 32660
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1276
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 12037
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 30.575
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 72.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.887
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.686

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen 2
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 7 July 2019
OPN Tray YD300BC6M2OFH 100-000000023
Place in performance rating 1223 1006
Processor Number PRO 300GE
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family Ryzen
OPN PIB 100-100000023BOX

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3800 MHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Number of cores 2 12
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 24
Unlocked
Maximum frequency 4600 MHz

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
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4-3200

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 105 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 3.0 4.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4 x16

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™)