Intel Xeon W-3245M vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon W-3245M CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Intel Xeon W-3245M AMD Athlon PRO 300U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon W-3245M and the AMD Athlon PRO 300U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon W-3245M 16 core processor released in Q2/2019 with the AMD Athlon PRO 300U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2019.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17) CPU group AMD Athlon PRO 300 (2)
7 Generation 6
Cascade Lake W Architecture Picasso (Zen+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon W-3245M is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz). The processor can compute 32 threads at the same time. The AMD Athlon PRO 300U clocks with 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon W-3245M Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
4.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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.

Intel Xeon W-3245M Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 3
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- 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.

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

Memory & PCIe

Up to 2048 GB of memory in a maximum of 6 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon W-3245M, while the AMD Athlon PRO 300U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon W-3245M Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR4-2400
2048 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
64 PCIe lanes 12
63.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon W-3245M has a TDP of 205 W. The TDP of the AMD Athlon PRO 300U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon W-3245M Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 300U
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon W-3245M has 22.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Athlon PRO 300U is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 12 nm.

Intel Xeon W-3245M Characteristic AMD Athlon PRO 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, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 3647 Socket FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2019
5000 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-3245M (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U (72%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-3245M (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U (14%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
1182 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
867 (73%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
16096 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1878 (12%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
1374 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
961 (70%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11766 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1986 (17%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
28894 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4075 (14%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
437 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 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.
Intel Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
7444 (100%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 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 Xeon W-3245M Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon W-3245M AMD Athlon PRO 300U
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