AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 68°C
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 13 August 2018
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 68°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
30 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 2
60 more threads: 64 vs 4
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x 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 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2292 vs 1927
7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 32501 vs 4423

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	32 vs 2
Number of threads	64 vs 4
L1 cache	3072 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	64 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2292 vs 1927
PassMark - CPU mark	32501 vs 4423

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1927

2292

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4423

32501

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927	2292
PassMark - CPU mark	4423	32501
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1018
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10702
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		7913

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	13 August 2018
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH	YD299XAZUIHAF
Place in performance rating	1228	909
Processor Number	PRO 300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN PIB		YD299XAZAFWOF
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$1,729.99
Series		AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors
Value for money (0-100)		4.09
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	3072 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	68°C
Number of cores	2	32
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	64
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		213 mm
Maximum frequency		4.2 GHz
Transistor count		19200 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
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	sTR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	250 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
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)