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AMD Ryzen 7 4700U vs AMD Athlon 300U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2020-01-06
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
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AMD Athlon 300U
AMD Athlon 300U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 4700U or AMD Athlon 300U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U has a base frequency of 2 GHz. 8 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2020-01-06.

AMD Athlon 300U has a base frequency of 2.4 GHz. 2 / 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q1/2019.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    183 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    8 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 24% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.1 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 4700U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    184 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    200 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    169 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    224 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    148 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    416 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    368 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    197 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    263 place
AMD Athlon 300U Reasons to consider
AMD Athlon 300U
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 20% better clock speed

    2.4 GHz left arrow 2 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon 300U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    521 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    653 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    727 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    873 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    874 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    442 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    535 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    693 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000U left arrow AMD Athlon 300
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Athlon
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 6
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 4000 Series left arrow Athlon 300 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2 GHz left arrow 2.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.1 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.1 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    3.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    7 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 8
  • GPU Frequency
    1600 MHz left arrow 1000 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    7 left arrow 3
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q1/2018
  • Shader
    448 left arrow 192
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon 300U and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 2400
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Athlon 300U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    10-25 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    15 W left arrow 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    105 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    10 W left arrow -
  • TDP up
    35 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Athlon 300U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Picasso (Zen+)
  • Codename
    Renoir left arrow Picasso
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 1 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000083 left arrow YM300UC4T2OFG
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Release date
    2020-01-06 left arrow Q1/2019
  • Socket
    FP6 left arrow FP5
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 14nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.1875 MB

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.21.3 / 1M / 4 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 2091.393914 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.21.3 / 1M / 4 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: HP / 87C5
Duration: 478.15 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 7719 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 1217 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Athlon 300U 637 points System: Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT002XGE via cyberport.de
CPU / power label: Athlon 300U
Graphics: Vega 3 1000 / 1200 MHz 0.5 GB
RAM: 4 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 3095 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 473 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Athlon 300U 308 points System: Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT002XGE via cyberport.de
CPU / power label: Athlon 300U
Graphics: Vega 3 1000 / 1200 MHz 0.5 GB
RAM: 4 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 1240 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Athlon 300U 308 points System: Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT002XGE via cyberport.de
CPU / power label: Athlon 300U
Graphics: Vega 3 1000 / 1200 MHz 0.5 GB
RAM: 4 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Athlon 300U 119 points System: Lenovo Ideapad S145-15API 81UT002XGE via cyberport.de
CPU / power label: Athlon 300U
Graphics: Vega 3 1000 / 1200 MHz 0.5 GB
RAM: 4 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U 178 points System: Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14ARE05 82A20008GE via campuspoint.de
CPU / power label: R7 4700U 48 W / 37.5 W
Graphics: Vega 7 1600 MHz
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 4700U and AMD Athlon 300U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

188.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
138.000000
AMD Athlon 300U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

999.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
734.000000
AMD Athlon 300U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

4831.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
1495.000000
AMD Athlon 300U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1433.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
384.000000
AMD Athlon 300U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

13755.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
4748.000000
AMD Athlon 300U

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