Athlon 1300 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Primary details
Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1695 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.33 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Thunderbird B (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (5 years ago) | 21 March 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $318 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 120 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | 37 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300 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 | Socket AM4 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300. 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 Athlon 1300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR1 |
| 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 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 21 March 2001 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Athlon PRO 300GE has an age advantage of 18 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 94.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon 1300. We've got no test results to judge.
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