Athlon X4 950 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon X4 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1674	1789
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	30 September 2019 (4 years ago)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$60

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon X4 950 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	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	4950 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon X4 950 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon X4 950. 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 X4 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon X4 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 Dual-channel
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 RX Vega 3

no 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.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.80	2.34
Recency	30 September 2019	27 July 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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