Intel N100 vs AMD Athlon 300GE

Comparative analysis of Intel N100 and AMD Athlon 300GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N100

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x 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
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1874
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5408 vs 4299
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 7 Jul 2019
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 vs 1874
PassMark - CPU mark 5408 vs 4299

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 300GE

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16 GB
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N100
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 300GE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1912
1874
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5408
4299
Name Intel N100 AMD Athlon 300GE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 1874
PassMark - CPU mark 5408 4299

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel N100 AMD Athlon 300GE

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake-N Zen+
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 7 Jul 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $128
Place in performance rating 1317 1362
Processor Number N100 300GE
Series Intel Processor N-series
Vertical segment Mobile Desktop
OPN Tray YD30GEC6M2OFH

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 384 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Base frequency 3.4 GHz
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 4800 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 3200 MT/s DDR5 4800 MT/s LPDDR5 4800 MT/s DDR4-2666
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s

Graphics

Device ID 0x46D1
Execution Units 24
Graphics max dynamic frequency 750 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Number of pipelines 192

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1264 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 9 20
USB revision 2.0/3.2
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
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)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)