AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Core i7-6900K
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and Intel Core i7-6900K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 140 Watt
Launch date | 20 Sep 2019 vs May 2016 |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm vs 14 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 140 Watt |
Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6900K
- Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
- 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
- 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
- Around 33% 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
- 5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
- Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2328 vs 1911
- 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14470 vs 4308
Specifications (specs) | |
Unlocked | Unlocked vs Locked |
Number of cores | 8 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 16 vs 4 |
L1 cache | 32 KB (per core) vs 192 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB |
L3 cache | 20480 KB (shared) vs 4 MB |
Maximum memory size | 128 GB vs 64 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 2328 vs 1911 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 14470 vs 4308 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6900K
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon PRO 300GE | Intel Core i7-6900K |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1911 | 2328 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 4308 | 14470 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1005 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 7893 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 8778 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 10.395 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 179.127 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.3 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 5.194 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 13.602 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE | Intel Core i7-6900K | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen+ | Broadwell E |
Launch date | 20 Sep 2019 | May 2016 |
OPN Tray | YD300BC6M2OFH | |
Place in performance rating | 1329 | 1318 |
Processor Number | PRO 300GE | i7-6900K |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,020 | |
Price now | $1,198.99 | |
Series | Intel® Core™ X-series Processors | |
Status | Discontinued | |
Value for money (0-100) | 4.35 | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.20 GHz |
L1 cache | 192 KB | 32 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 20480 KB (shared) |
Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | |
Number of cores | 2 | 8 |
Number of GPU cores | 3 | |
Number of threads | 4 | 16 |
Unlocked | ||
64 bit support | ||
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | |
Maximum frequency | 3.70 GHz | |
Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 39.74 GB/s | |
Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
Supported memory frequency | 2667 MHz | |
Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 2400/2133 |
Graphics |
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Graphics base frequency | 1100 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 3 | |
Number of pipelines | 192 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | None |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | AM4 | FCLGA2011-3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 140 Watt |
Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 20 | 40 |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCIe configurations | 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4 | |
Scalability | 1S Only | |
Advanced Technologies |
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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 | ||
Intel 64 | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Intel® Smart Response technology | ||
Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | ||
Virtualization |
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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) | ||
Security & Reliability |
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Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) |