Celeron N3060 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Celeron N3060 by a whopping 570% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1916 | 3226 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.02 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 2.99 | 2.60 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Braswell (2015−2016) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (5 years ago) | 15 January 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $107 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 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 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.48 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | IDI |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket AM4 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | - |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | - |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| VT-i | no data | - |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) (320 - 700 MHz) |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 600 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | + |
| OpenGL | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N3060.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | 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 | 2.48 | 0.37 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.60 | 0.39 |
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 15 January 2016 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has a 570.3% higher aggregate performance score, 566.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
Celeron N3060, on the other hand, has 483.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron N3060 in performance tests.
Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Celeron N3060 is a notebook one.
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