AMD Athlon 300U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Athlon 300U was released in Q1/2019 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket FP5. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the AMD Athlon 300U achieved a result of 803 points (single-core) or 1,723 points (multi-core).
AMD Athlon 300U

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the AMD Athlon 300U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of AMD Athlon 300U.

Name: AMD Athlon 300U
Family: AMD Athlon (29)
CPU group: AMD Athlon 300 (1)
Architecture: Picasso (Zen+)
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 300U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 300U is 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 2.40 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon 300U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The AMD Athlon 300U has the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) installed, which has 3 streaming multiprocessors (192 shaders).

GPU name: AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency: 1.00 GHz
GPU (Turbo): No turbo
Compute units: 3
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2018
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 8
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 2 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon 300U supports a maximum of 32 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 38.4 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2400
38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon 300U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 105 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The AMD Athlon 300U is made in 12 nm and has 4.00 MB cache.

Technology: 12 nm
Chip design:
Socket: FP5
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems:
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q1/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD Athlon 300U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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 EPYC 7401P AMD EPYC 7401P
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
804
Intel Core i7-3960X Intel Core i7-3960X
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
804
Intel Core i7-5700EQ Intel Core i7-5700EQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
804
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
803
MediaTek Dimensity 930 MediaTek Dimensity 930
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
803
Intel Pentium G4600T Intel Pentium G4600T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
803
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
802

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz
1728
Intel Celeron G5925 Intel Celeron G5925
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1725
Intel Core i5-4300M Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
1725
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1723
Intel Core i3-6100T Intel Core i3-6100T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1722
Intel Core i3-7167U Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1720
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1718

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 i7-4702HQ Intel Core i7-4702HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
965
AMD Ryzen 3 5125C AMD Ryzen 3 5125C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
964
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz
963
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
962
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
961
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
960
Intel Core i7-4558U Intel Core i7-4558U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
960

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 300GE AMD Athlon 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1972
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1968
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1968
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1967
Intel Core i7-4558U Intel Core i7-4558U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1967
Intel Core i5-3450 Intel Core i5-3450
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1966
Intel Core i7-950 Intel Core i7-950
4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz
1965

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 A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5500B AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.50 GHz
384
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384
Intel Processor N200 Intel Processor N200
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 0.75 GHz
384

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.
MediaTek Helio G96 MediaTek Helio G96
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
3945
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3944
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3922
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3917
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
3911
Intel Celeron J6412 Intel Celeron J6412
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3908
Intel Core i7-2675QM Intel Core i7-2675QM
4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
3892

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 i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
139
Intel Core i7-4930K Intel Core i7-4930K
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
139
Intel Core i7-5820K Intel Core i7-5820K
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
139
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
138
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
138
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
138

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 i5-5287U Intel Core i5-5287U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
348
AMD FX-6100 AMD FX-6100
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
345
Intel Core i5-4340M Intel Core i5-4340M
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
345
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
344
AMD Athlon PRO 300U AMD Athlon PRO 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
344
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
344

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