Pentium G3260 vs Athlon 300U

Place in the ranking	1771	2268
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	15.33	2.36
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)	no data
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 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	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 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
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	53 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	21.3 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 for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memory	no data	1.7 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+
VGA	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	11.1/12
OpenGL	no data	4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260.

PCIe version	3.0	Up to 3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

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.

Athlon 300U 2.43
+84.1%

Pentium G3260 1.32

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.

Athlon 300U 3867
+84.5%

Pentium G3260 2096

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.43	1.32
Integrated graphics card	2.98	0.77
Recency	6 January 2019	1 January 2015
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	53 Watt

Athlon 300U has a 84.1% higher aggregate performance score, 287% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 253.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G3260 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon 300U is a notebook processor while Pentium G3260 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 300U and Pentium G3260, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.