Intel Core i5-9300H vs AMD Athlon 3000G

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-9300H		AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-9300H or AMD Athlon 3000G - 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 Core i5-9300H has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9300H was released in Q2/2019. The AMD Athlon 3000G has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 3000G was released in Q4/2019.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 9000H (11)	CPU group	AMD Athlon 3000 (1)
9	Generation	4
Coffee Lake H Refresh	Architecture	Dali (Zen)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-8300H	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-9300H is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (4.10 GHz). The AMD Athlon 3000G has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.50 GHz).
Intel Core i5-9300H	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 3000G
4	Cores	2
8	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.40 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
4.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.50 GHz
4.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 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 Core i5-9300H	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 3000G
--	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.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
1.05 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
64 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 630	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 Core i5-9300H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 3000G can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-9300H	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 3000G
LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2666
128 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	16
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-9300H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the AMD Athlon 3000G is 35 W.
Intel Core i5-9300H	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 3000G
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i5-9300H has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon 3000G cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-9300H	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 3000G
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1440	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019	Release date	Q4/2019
250 $	Release price	49 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-9300H (100%)

AMD Athlon 3000G (82%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-9300H (100%)

AMD Athlon 3000G (55%)

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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1060 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	933 (88%)

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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3544 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2285 (64%)

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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1288 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1043 (81%)

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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3867 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2169 (56%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	422 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	339 (80%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	2111 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	887 (42%)

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 Core i5-9300H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz	403 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz	384 (95%)

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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	7755 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	4491 (58%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	430 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	343 (80%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1902 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1040 (55%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	52 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	141 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	877 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	2163 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	492 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 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.


	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	139 (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 Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 3000G 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	388 (100%)

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