E-300 vs Ryzen 5 8500G
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 536 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD E-Series |
| Power efficiency | 19.96 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Phoenix2 (2024) | Zacate (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 137 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 20,900 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300 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 |
| Socket | AM5 | FT1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon 740M | AMD Radeon HD 6310 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 14 | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2024 | 22 August 2011 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 18 Watt |
Ryzen 5 8500G has an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
E-300, on the other hand, has 261.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 8500G and E-300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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