Athlon 300U vs Core i3-8000

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1659
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	1 September 2018 (5 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$198	$486

Detailed specifications

Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U 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	1151	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel UHD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-8000 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	3.09	2.98
Recency	1 September 2018	6 January 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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