Athlon 300U vs E1-1500
Primary details
Comparing E1-1500 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 | AMD E-Series | AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Zacate (2011−2013) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2013 (11 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Current price | $84 | $486 |
Detailed specifications
E1-1500 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.48 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 75 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on E1-1500 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FT1 BGA 413-Ball | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-1500 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-1500 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-1500 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 7310 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-1500 and Athlon 300U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon 300U outperforms E1-1500 by 886% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2013 | 6 January 2019 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 15 Watt |
We couldn't decide between E1-1500 and Athlon 300U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that E1-1500 is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between E1-1500 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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