Processor U300 vs Athlon Gold 3150U
Aggregate performance score
Processor U300 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 1844 | 1221 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Intel Raptor Lake-U |
Power efficiency | 15.77 | 36.02 |
Designer | AMD | Intel |
Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Raptor Lake-U (2023) |
Release date | 6 January 2020 (5 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $193 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300 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) | 5 (Penta-Core) |
Threads | 4 | 6 |
Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
Bus rate | no data | 55 MHz |
Multiplier | 24 | no data |
L1 cache | 192 KB | 80K (per core) |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300 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 | no data | 1 |
Socket | FP5 | Intel BGA 1744 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
FMA | + | - |
AVX | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
TSX | - | + |
Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300 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 Gold 3150U and Processor U300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
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 UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Processor U300.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 12 | 8 |
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
7-Zip Single
7-Zip
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 2.47 | 5.64 |
Integrated graphics card | 2.73 | 4.16 |
Recency | 6 January 2020 | 4 January 2023 |
Physical cores | 2 | 5 |
Threads | 4 | 6 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
Processor U300 has a 128.3% higher aggregate performance score, 52.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 150% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Processor U300 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.
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