AMD Athlon 300U vs AMD Athlon PRO 300GE. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 300 AMD Athlon PRO 300
• Family
  Athlon Athlon PRO
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Desktops
• Generation
  6 6
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Athlon 300 Series Athlon PRO 300 Series

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

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

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 12
• Execution units
  3 3
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  1000 MHz 1100 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  3 3
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

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

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2400 2667
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

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

• Default TDP
  15 W 35 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon 300U and AMD Athlon PRO 300GE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Picasso (Zen+)
• Codename
  Picasso Picasso
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.1875 MB 0.1875 MB
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM300UC4T2OFG YD300BC6M2OFH
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  Q1/2019 2019-09-30
• Socket
  FP5 AM4
• Technology
  14nm 12nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 2026-10-01
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM