AMD Athlon 300U Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Athlon 300U features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2019 and belongs to the 6 generation of the AMD Athlon series. To use the AMD Athlon 300U, you'll need a motherboard with a FP5 socket.
Name: AMD Athlon 300U
Family: AMD Athlon
Group: AMD Athlon 300
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 300U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 300U is 2.4 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.3 GHz.
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 4
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.3 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon 300U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Athlon 300U uses the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics, which has 192 texture shaders and 3 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
GPU frequency: 1.0 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 3
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 8
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q1/2018

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2400
Max. Memory: 32.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 38.4 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 300U is manufactured using a 12 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 12 nm
Chip design: --
Socket: FP5
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Picasso (Zen+)
Operating systems:
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
5960
5960
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
5960
5960
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
5960
5960
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
5960
5960
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
5960
5960

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
3944
3944
Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
3922
3922
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
3917
3917
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
NoneC NoneT @ --
3911
3911
Intel Celeron J6412
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
3908
3908

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
3045
3045
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
3045
3045
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
3045
3045
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
3045
3045
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
3045
3045

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1968
1968
Intel Core i7-4558U
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1967
1967
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1967
1967
Intel Core i7-4558U
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1967
1967
Intel Core i5-3450
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
1966
1966

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Celeron G5925
2C 2T @ 3.6 GHz
1725
1725
Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
1725
1725
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
1723
1723
Intel Core i3-6100T
2C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
1722
1722
Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1720
1720

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
964
964
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
16C 32T @ 2.1 GHz
963
963
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
962
962
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
961
961
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
960
960

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

MediaTek Dimensity 930
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
803
803
Intel Pentium G4600T
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
803
803
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
803
803
Intel Pentium G4600T
2C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
803
803
MediaTek Dimensity 930
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
803
803

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
344
344
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
344
344
AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
344
344
AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.4 GHz
344
344
AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
344
344