AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Core i3-3227U

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon PRO 300GE		Intel Core i3-3227U
CPU comparison AMD Athlon PRO 300GE or Intel Core i3-3227U - 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 Intel Core i3-3227U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-3227U was released in Q1/2013.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 3000U (12)
6	Generation	3
Picasso (Zen+)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	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 Intel Core i3-3227U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-3227U
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	1.90 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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	Intel Core i3-3227U
--	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	Intel HD Graphics 4000
1.10 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
8	GPU Generation	7
14 nm	Technology	22 nm
3	Max. displays	3
3	Compute units	16
192	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.0

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	Intel HD Graphics 4000
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-3227U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-3227U
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR3-1600
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 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 Intel Core i3-3227U is 17 W.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-3227U
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	17 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-3227U cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-3227U
12 nm	Technology	22 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, AVX
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	BGA 1023
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019	Release date	Q1/2013
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-3227U (49%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-3227U (41%)

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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	392 (46%)

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 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	952 (47%)

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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz	282 (67%)

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 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	1284 (29%)

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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	69 (51%)

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 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	175 (46%)

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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	331 (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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	697 (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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 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%)
	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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