FirePro A300 vs Athlon II M300
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
Series | AMD Athlon II | no data |
Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Trinity (2012−2013) |
Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 7 August 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300 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 | 2 | 4 |
Base clock speed | no data | 3.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 4 GHz |
Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 192K |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 74 °C |
Number of transistors | no data | 1,303 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300 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 | Socket S1 (S1g3) | FM2 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
AES-NI | - | + |
FMA | - | + |
AVX | - | + |
PowerNow | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR3-1866 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | no data | FirePro |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300.
PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 10 September 2009 | 7 August 2012 |
Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon II M300 has 85.7% lower power consumption.
FirePro A300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon II M300 is a notebook processor while FirePro A300 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M300 and FirePro A300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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