Athlon PRO 300GE vs Ryzen 7 3700U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Athlon PRO 300GE by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1302 | 1690 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 28.39 | 7.32 |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 30 September 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 3700U 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 23 | 34 |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 4950 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 3700U 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 | FP5 | Socket AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.67 | 2.81 |
| Integrated graphics card | 4.24 | 2.98 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 30 September 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 7 3700U has a 66.2% higher aggregate performance score, 42.3% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Athlon PRO 300GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months.
The Ryzen 7 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300GE in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook processor while Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon PRO 300GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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