AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs AMD Athlon 300GE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and AMD Athlon 300GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics API support, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

AMD Athlon 300GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2074 vs 1869
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4633 vs 4273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 7 Jul 2019
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074 vs 1869
PassMark - CPU mark	4633 vs 4273

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 300GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2074

1869

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4633

4273

Name	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon 300GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074	1869
PassMark - CPU mark	4633	4273

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon 300GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen+
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	7 Jul 2019
OPN Tray	YD3125C6M2OFH	YD30GEC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1125	1263
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		300GE
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory bandwidth		39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Number of pipelines		192
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
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
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)