i3-7310U vs Athlon 300U
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 1772 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Core i3 |
Power efficiency | 15.32 | no data |
Architecture codename | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) |
Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 4 July 2017 (7 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 4 |
Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | OPI |
Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
Multiplier | 24 | 27 |
L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 3 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U 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 | no data |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | - |
VT-d | no data | + |
VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | LPDDR3-1866 |
Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 34.134 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics 620 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 12 | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 2.43 |
Recency | 6 January 2019 | 4 July 2017 |
Athlon 300U has 22.6% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 300U and Core i3-7310U. We've got no test results to judge.
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