Athlon PRO 300GE vs A10-7700K

Aggregate performance score

A10-7700K
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
2.01
Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.71
+34.8%

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms A10-7700K by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19291710
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.32no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)AMD Athlon
Power efficiency2.007.33
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2016)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date14 January 2014 (10 years ago)30 September 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$152no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache4096 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2+Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VTno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsAMD Radeon Vega 3
iGPU core count6no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7700K and Athlon PRO 300GE.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-7700K 2.01
Athlon PRO 300GE 2.71
+34.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-7700K 3193
Athlon PRO 300GE 4308
+34.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.01 2.71
Recency 14 January 2014 30 September 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

A10-7700K has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon PRO 300GE, on the other hand, has a 34.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

The Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-7700K in performance tests.


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