AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Core i5-5350H

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AMD Athlon PRO 300U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-5350H
AMD Athlon PRO 300U Intel Core i5-5350H

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon PRO 300U or Intel Core i5-5350H - 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 Intel Core i5-5350H has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5350H was released in Q2/2015.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 5000H (5)
6 Generation 5
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Broadwell H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-6350HQ

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 Intel Core i5-5350H has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 3.10 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.40 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 300U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
-- 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 Iris Pro Graphics 6200
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
8 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
3 Compute units 48
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 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 Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
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 Decode
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 300U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5350H can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-1866
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 16
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

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 Intel Core i5-5350H is 47 W.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 47 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon PRO 300U has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-5350H cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350H
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 1364
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2019 Release date Q2/2015
-- Release price 250 $
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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.
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (48%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz
806 (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 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
867 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.50 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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
Intel Core i5-5350H Intel Core i5-5350H
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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