Ryzen 7 4700U vs Athlon 300U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.43
Ryzen 7 4700U
2020
8 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
8.41
+246%

Ryzen 7 4700U outperforms Athlon 300U by a whopping 246% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1771907
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency15.3353.06
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge 2 (2019)Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier2420
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4940 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U 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
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s68.27 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Ryzen 7 4700U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12no 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.

Athlon 300U 2.43
Ryzen 7 4700U 8.41
+246%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 13356
+245%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 5524
+39.2%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 24771
+184%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 7.89
+95.7%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 1095
+255%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 180
+51.3%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 5.3
+176%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 3963
+144%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 57
+210%

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
Ryzen 7 4700U 191
+116%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon 300U 1840
Ryzen 7 4700U 5656
+207%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon 300U 867
Ryzen 7 4700U 1131
+30.4%

WebXPRT 3

Athlon 300U 143
Ryzen 7 4700U 203
+42%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Athlon 300U 6134
Ryzen 7 4700U 20656
+237%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Athlon 300U 2919
Ryzen 7 4700U 4351
+49.1%

Geekbench 2

Athlon 300U 6868
Ryzen 7 4700U 16771
+144%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 8.41
Integrated graphics card 2.98 7.47
Recency 6 January 2019 6 January 2020
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm

Ryzen 7 4700U has a 246.1% higher aggregate performance score, 150.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 4700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 300U in performance tests.


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