AMD Athlon 300U vs Intel Core i3-8109U
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CPU comparisonAMD Athlon 300U or Intel Core i3-8109U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The AMD Athlon 300U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 300U was released in Q1/2019. The Intel Core i3-8109U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-8109U was released in Q4/2017. |
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| AMD Athlon | Family | Intel Core i3 |
| AMD Athlon 300 | CPU group | Intel Core i 8000U |
| 6 | Generation | 8 |
| Picasso (Zen+) | Architecture | Coffee Lake U |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Athlon 300U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 300U is 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-8109U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-8109U is at --. |
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| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz | Frequency | 3.00 GHz |
| 3.30 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.60 GHz |
| 2.40 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 3.20 GHz |
Internal GraphicsThe AMD Athlon 300U or Intel Core i3-8109U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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| AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 |
| 1.00 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo) | 1.05 GHz | |
| 8 | GPU Generation | 9.5 |
| 14 nm | Technology | 14 nm |
| 3 | Max. displays | 3 |
| 3 | Execution units | 48 |
| 192 | Shader | 384 |
| 2 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB |
| 12 | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe AMD Athlon 300U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-8109U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s. |
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| DDR4-2400 | Memory | DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 |
| 32 GB | Max. Memory | 32 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 38.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | Yes |
| L2 Cache | ||
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 4.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| 12 | PCIe lanes | 16 |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon 300U is 15 W, while the Intel Core i3-8109U has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| 15 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 28 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | 20 W |
| 105 °C | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe AMD Athlon 300U is manufactured in 12 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-8109U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache. |
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| 12 nm | Technology | 14 nm |
| Unknown | Chip design | Monolithic |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| FP5 | Socket | BGA 1528 |
| AMD-V, SVM | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | |
| Q1/2019 | Release date | Q4/2017 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| AMD Athlon 300U | Intel Core i3-8109U |
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