Pentium III 1200 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.48
+1450%

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Pentium III 1200 by a whopping 1450% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19253513
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency2.990.23
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Tualatin (2000−2002)
Release date30 September 2019 (6 years ago)July 2001 (24 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Pentium III 1200 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz1.2 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KB8 KB
L2 cache1 MB256 KB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography12 nm130 nm
Die size209.78 mm280 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million44 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Pentium III 1200 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 AM4370
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Pentium III 1200. 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 Pentium III 1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Pentium III 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3no 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.

Athlon PRO 300GE 2.48
+1450%
Pentium III 1200 0.16

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.

Athlon PRO 300GE 4350
+1465%
Samples: 47
Pentium III 1200 278

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.48 0.16
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 12 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Athlon PRO 300GE has a 1450% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium III 1200, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium III 1200 in performance tests.

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