M3-8100Y vs Athlon 300U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1771	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	Intel Core M3
Power efficiency	15.33	no data
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)	Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$281

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y 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	1.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	24	16
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 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 M3-8100Y 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	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y. 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 M3-8100Y 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 M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	29.861 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Intel UHD Graphics 615

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and M3-8100Y.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	10

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	2.98	1.98
Recency	6 January 2019	28 August 2018
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt

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