EPYC Embedded 3301 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1952 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD EPYC Embedded |
| Power efficiency | 2.99 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Zen (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (6 years ago) | 21 February 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $450 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and EPYC Embedded 3301 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | 20 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 1152 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 213 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 9600 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and EPYC Embedded 3301 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 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and EPYC Embedded 3301. 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 EPYC Embedded 3301 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and EPYC Embedded 3301. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 85.33 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 21 February 2018 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
EPYC Embedded 3301, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon PRO 300GE and AMD EPYC Embedded 3301. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while EPYC Embedded 3301 is a server/workstation one.
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