AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD A10-8700P

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AMD Athlon PRO 300U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A10-8700P
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD A10-8700P

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon PRO 300U or AMD A10-8700P - 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 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 PRO 300U was released in Q1/2019.

The AMD A10-8700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-8700P was released in Q2/2015.
AMD Athlon (29) Family AMD A (112)
AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2) CPU group AMD A10-8000 (1)
6 Generation 5
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Carizzo (Excavator)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon PRO 300U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz). The AMD A10-8700P has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic AMD A10-8700P
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 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 300U Characteristic AMD A10-8700P
-- 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 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation 6
14 nm Technology 28 nm
3 Max. displays 2
3 Compute units 6
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
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
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon PRO 300U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-8700P can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic AMD A10-8700P
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-2133
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon PRO 300U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD A10-8700P is --.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic AMD A10-8700P
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 12 W
-- TDP down 35 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon PRO 300U has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD A10-8700P cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic AMD A10-8700P
12 nm Technology 28 nm
Unknown Chip design Unknown
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, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
FP5 Socket AM1
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon PRO 300U (100%)
AMD A10-8700P (47%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon PRO 300U (100%)
AMD A10-8700P (56%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
867 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
386 (45%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1878 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1063 (57%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (63%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) @ 0.80 GHz
614 (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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4075 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2259 (55%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
66 (48%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
192 (56%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
961 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1986 (100%)
AMD A10-8700P AMD A10-8700P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD A10-8700P
Unknown Lenovo Ideapad 500-15ACZ
HP ProBook 430 G3 silber
HP ProBook 455 G3 silber

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