i5-8300H vs Athlon 900

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1286
Place by popularitynot in top-10082
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data9.84
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)
Release date6 March 2000 (24 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899$250

Detailed specifications

Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads18
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.9 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °C72 °C
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAFCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2000 2 April 2018
Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 8
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 45 Watt

i5-8300H has an age advantage of 18 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 900 and Core i5-8300H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 900 is a desktop processor while Core i5-8300H is a notebook one.


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