Athlon 64 FX-72 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Athlon 64 FX-72 by a whopping 140% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1950 | 2662 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.98 | 0.35 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Windsor (2006−2007) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (6 years ago) | November 2006 (19 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 64 FX-72 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 235 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 227 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 64 FX-72 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 | Socket AM4 | F |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 64 FX-72. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 64 FX-72 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 64 FX-72. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR1 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.45 | 1.02 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 125 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has a 140.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 in performance tests.
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