Athlon PRO 300U vs Ryzen 5 1500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1103	1706
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.55	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	24
L1 cache	384 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	213 mm2	209.78 mm2
Number of transistors	4800 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.91	2.65
Recency	16 March 2017	8 April 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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