Intel Celeron 5205U vs AMD Athlon 300U

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Intel Celeron 5205U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon 300U
Intel Celeron 5205U AMD Athlon 300U

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron 5205U or AMD Athlon 300U - 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 Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 5205U was released in Q4/2019.

The AMD Athlon 300U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 300U was released in Q1/2019.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Celeron 5000 (2) CPU group AMD Athlon 300 (1)
10 Generation 6
Comet Lake U Architecture Picasso (Zen+)
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Celeron 4205U Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 1.90 GHz while the AMD Athlon 300U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 300U is at 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz).

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 300U
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 300U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron 5205U or AMD Athlon 300U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 3
192 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 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.

Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron 5205U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD Athlon 300U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 300U
LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2400
64 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 12
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 15 W, while the AMD Athlon 300U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 300U
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
12.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron 5205U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon 300U is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Celeron 5205U Characteristic AMD Athlon 300U
14 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1528 Socket FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems
Q4/2019 Release date Q1/2019
128 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
457 (57%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
803 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
840 (49%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1723 (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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
385 (40%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
962 (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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
636 (32%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1967 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
361 (94%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1455 (37%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3917 (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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron 5205U Intel Celeron 5205U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Celeron 5205U AMD Athlon 300U
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