Athlon II M300 vs Apple M4 Pro (14 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) outperforms Athlon II M300 by a whopping 6298% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 188 | 3008 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | AMD Athlon II |
| Power efficiency | 64.02 | 1.14 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300 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 cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 14 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300 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.
| Socket | no data | Socket S1 (S1g3) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| PowerNow | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M4 20-core GPU | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 26.87 | 0.42 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 2 |
| Threads | 14 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) has a 6297.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 600% more physical cores and 600% more threads, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon II M300, on the other hand, has 14.3% lower power consumption.
The M4 Pro (14 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M300 in performance tests.
Note that Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) is a desktop processor while Athlon II M300 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Pro (14 cores) and Athlon II M300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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