Ryzen 3 8300G vs Duron 550

Primary details

Comparing Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated854
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.47
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Duronno data
Power efficiencyno data13.12
Architecture codenameK7 (2000−2004)Phoenix2 (2024)
Release date5 June 2000 (24 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$176

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.55 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate200 MT/sno data
Multiplier5.5no data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache64 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm4 nm
Die size100 mm2137 mm2
Number of transistors25 Million20,900 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G 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
Socketno dataAM5
Power consumption (TDP)25.4 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size4 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2000 8 January 2024
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 180 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Duron 550 has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 8300G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 23 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 4400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Duron 550 and Ryzen 3 8300G. We've got no test results to judge.


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