Athlon PRO 300GE vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Place in the ranking	1002	1710
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	10.31	7.33
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	29 June 2017 (7 years ago)	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE 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	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	32	34
L1 cache	96K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	192 mm²	209.78 mm²
Number of transistors	4,800 million	4950 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE 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	Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Athlon PRO 300GE.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 7.08
+161%

Athlon PRO 300GE 2.71

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 11240
+161%

Athlon PRO 300GE 4308

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.08	2.71
Recency	29 June 2017	30 September 2019
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt