AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Core i5-7500T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and Intel Core i5-7500T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

Intel Core i5-7500T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 80°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 3 January 2017
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 80°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-7500T

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5212 vs 4308

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	256 KB vs 192 KB
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1915 vs 1911
PassMark - CPU mark	5212 vs 4308

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-7500T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

1915

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4308

5212

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Core i5-7500T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	1915
PassMark - CPU mark	4308	5212
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		842
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1560
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2503
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1560
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2503

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Core i5-7500T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Kaby Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	3 January 2017
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1329	1336
Processor Number	PRO 300GE	i5-7500T
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$202
Price now		$229
Series		7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		9.06
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	80°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		3.30 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	350 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 630
Device ID		0x5912
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		1.70 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015A (35W)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot