Ultra 5 238V vs Athlon II M300

Place in the ranking	2979	508
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Power efficiency	1.13	79.13
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	37 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V 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	no data	1
Socket	Socket S1 (S1g3)	Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.42	14.29
Recency	10 September 2009	24 September 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	17 Watt

Ultra 5 238V has a 3302.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 5 238V is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M300 and Core Ultra 5 238V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.