AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD EPYC 7301

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon PRO 300GE		AMD EPYC 7301
CPU comparison AMD Athlon PRO 300GE or AMD EPYC 7301 - 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 PRO 300GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE was released in Q3/2019. The AMD EPYC 7301 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7301 was released in Q3/2017.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7001 (12)
6	Generation	1
Picasso (Zen+)	Architecture	Naples (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (3.40 GHz). The AMD EPYC 7301 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (2.70 GHz).
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7301
2	Cores	16
4	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	2.20 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.70 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7301
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
1.10 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
8	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
3	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

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.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7301 can connect up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7301
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	170.6 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	128
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	126.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7301 is 170 W.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7301
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	170 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7301 cache has a total of 64.00 MB.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7301
12 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	SP3
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019	Release date	Q3/2017
--	Release price	800 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (100%)

AMD EPYC 7301 (89%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (24%)

AMD EPYC 7301 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	852 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	761 (89%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2011 (23%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	8864 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	4433 (30%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	14998 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	136 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	119 (88%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	381 (19%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	2033 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	687 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	4428 (100%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	321 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	804 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7301 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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