Athlon PRO 300U vs i5-4200U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-4200U
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.43
Athlon PRO 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67
+86.7%

Athlon PRO 300U outperforms Core i5-4200U by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22201724
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Athlon
Power efficiency8.6916.23
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date4 June 2013 (11 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm12 nm
Die size118 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1168FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size16 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 4400AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.43280x2000@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3200x2000@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4200U and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports4no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports4no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+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.


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.

i5-4200U 1.43
Athlon PRO 300U 2.67
+86.7%

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.

i5-4200U 2181
Athlon PRO 300U 4080
+87.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.43 2.67
Integrated graphics card 1.35 2.98
Recency 4 June 2013 8 April 2019
Chip lithography 22 nm 12 nm

Athlon PRO 300U has a 86.7% higher aggregate performance score, 120.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 83.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon PRO 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-4200U in performance tests.


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