N250 vs Athlon 300U
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 300U and N250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1811 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 15.31 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 300U and N250 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 6 MB Intel® Smart Cache |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 300U and N250 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 |
| Socket | FP5 | FCBGA1264 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and N250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| GPIO | no data | + |
Security technologies
Athlon 300U and N250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and N250 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and N250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) | Intel® Graphics |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 32 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 300U and N250 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 300U and N250 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096 x 2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096 x 2160@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon 300U and N250 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and N250.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 9 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 1 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
N250 has an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more physical cores.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 300U and N250. We've got no test results to judge.
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