AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Core i9-9900X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and Intel Core i9-9900X 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.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

Intel Core i9-9900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 92°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs October 2018
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 92°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9900X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
3.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4.8x 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 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2565 vs 1927
4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21819 vs 4423

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	10 vs 2
Number of threads	20 vs 4
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	19.25 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2565 vs 1927
PassMark - CPU mark	21819 vs 4423

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9900X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1927

2565

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4423

21819

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Core i9-9900X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1927	2565
PassMark - CPU mark	4423	21819
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1136
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		10446
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		10364

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Intel Core i9-9900X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Skylake
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	October 2018
OPN Tray	YD300BC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1223	843
Processor Number	PRO 300GE	i9-9900X
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.50 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	19.25 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	92°C
Number of cores	2	10
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		4.40 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
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	DDR4-2666
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	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	44
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4
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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)