AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Pentium J2900

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon PRO 300GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium J2900
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Intel Pentium J2900

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE or Intel Pentium J2900 - 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 Pentium J2900 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.67 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J2900 was released in Q4/2013.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2) CPU group Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
6 Generation 6
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Bay Trail
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 Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.41 GHz (2.67 GHz).

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 2.41 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.67 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.67 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 (Bay Trail GT1)
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.69 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 2
3 Compute units 4
192 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

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 (Bay Trail GT1)
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 Pentium J2900 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 4
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 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 Pentium J2900 is 10 W.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium J2900 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
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
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1170
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2013
-- Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Pentium J2900 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.0 stars (2 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 (30%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 (36%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
852 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
240 (28%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2011 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
765 (38%)

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 Athlon PRO 300GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57 (14%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4433 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
1240 (28%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
136 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
44 (32%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
381 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
161 (42%)

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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
195 (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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
576 (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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
321 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 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 AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
804 (100%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon PRO 300GE Intel Pentium J2900
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Celeron J1900Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Celeron J1900 vs Intel Pentium J2900
2. AMD Athlon PRO 300GEAMD Athlon 3000G AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Athlon 3000G
3. Intel Pentium J2900Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Pentium J2900 vs Intel Core i3-4130
4. Intel Pentium N3700Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium N3700 vs Intel Pentium J2900
5. Intel Pentium J2900Intel Celeron J1800 Intel Pentium J2900 vs Intel Celeron J1800
6. AMD Athlon PRO 300GEAMD Athlon 200GE AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs AMD Athlon 200GE
7. Intel Pentium J2900AMD A4-5000 Intel Pentium J2900 vs AMD A4-5000
8. AMD Athlon 5350Intel Pentium J2900 AMD Athlon 5350 vs Intel Pentium J2900
9. Intel Pentium G3220Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium G3220 vs Intel Pentium J2900
10. AMD Athlon PRO 300GEIntel Core i5-8259U AMD Athlon PRO 300GE vs Intel Core i5-8259U


back to index