i7-13620H vs Athlon 300U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.43
Core i7-13620H
2023
10 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
15.61
+542%

Core i7-13620H outperforms Athlon 300U by a whopping 542% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1768440
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonIntel Raptor Lake-H
Power efficiency15.2532.66
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge 2 (2019)Raptor Lake-H (2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$502

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H 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 cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size64 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.5 GHz
Execution Unitsno data64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Core i7-13620H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes128

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.

Athlon 300U 2.43
i7-13620H 15.61
+542%

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.

Athlon 300U 3867
i7-13620H 24797
+541%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon 300U 3968
i7-13620H 10181
+157%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon 300U 8724
i7-13620H 54809
+528%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon 300U 15.44
i7-13620H 3.14
+392%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Athlon 300U 308
i7-13620H 2349
+663%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Athlon 300U 119
i7-13620H 263
+121%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Athlon 300U 1.9
i7-13620H 13.8
+626%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Athlon 300U 19
i7-13620H 138
+647%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Athlon 300U 89
i7-13620H 345
+290%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Athlon 300U 1623
i7-13620H 8682
+435%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon 300U 1840
i7-13620H 11430
+521%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon 300U 867
i7-13620H 1827
+111%

WebXPRT 3

Athlon 300U 143
i7-13620H 292
+104%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 15.61
Integrated graphics card 2.98 5.58
Recency 6 January 2019 4 January 2023
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon 300U has 200% lower power consumption.

i7-13620H, on the other hand, has a 542.4% higher aggregate performance score, 87.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and 400% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Core i7-13620H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 300U in performance tests.


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