Apple M2 Pro vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Place in the ranking	1710	544
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	Apple Apple M-Series
Power efficiency	7.32	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	no data
Release date	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and M2 Pro 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	no data	2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	3.3 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	36 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	24 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4950 Million	40000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and M2 Pro 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)	no data
Socket	Socket AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and M2 Pro. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and M2 Pro are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and M2 Pro. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 3

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

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 PRO 300GE 2.71

Apple M2 Pro 13.73
+407%

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 PRO 300GE 4308

Apple M2 Pro 21802
+406%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.71	13.73
Recency	30 September 2019	17 January 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm

Apple M2 Pro has a 406.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 500% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300GE in performance tests.

Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Apple M2 Pro is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 300GE and Apple M2 Pro, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.