M3-8100Y vs Athlon 300U
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1756 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Core M3 |
| Power efficiency | 15.36 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) | Amber Lake (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 28 August 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $281 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | OPI |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 24 | 16 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR3L-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 29.861 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | Intel UHD Graphics 615 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 10 |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 1.98 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 28 August 2018 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Athlon 300U has 50.5% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 4 months.
M3-8100Y, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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