A6-9500E vs Athlon PRO 300GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.86
+151%

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms A6-9500E by a whopping 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15932291
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.077.95
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2020)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date30 September 2019 (4 years ago)27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price$1116 $32

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A6-9500E has 643% better value for money than Athlon PRO 300GE.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1024 KB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography12 nm28 nm
Die size209.78 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E 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
SocketSocket AM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTCno data1
FreeSyncno data1
PowerTuneno data+
TrueAudiono data+
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
VirusProtectno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core countno data4
Endurono data+
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and A6-9500E.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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 PRO 300GE 2.86
+151%
A6-9500E 1.14

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms A6-9500E by 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon PRO 300GE 4423
+152%
A6-9500E 1756

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms A6-9500E by 152% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.86 1.14
Recency 30 September 2019 27 July 2017
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm

The Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9500E in performance tests.


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