Celeron N5100 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.71
+30.9%
Celeron N5100
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
2.07

Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Celeron N5100 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17101899
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency7.3332.65
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Jasper Lake (2021)
Release date30 September 2019 (5 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography12 nm10 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket AM4FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 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 PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 3Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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
+30.9%
Celeron N5100 2.07

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
+30.7%
Celeron N5100 3295

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon PRO 300GE 937
+115%
Celeron N5100 435

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon PRO 300GE 1911
+76.9%
Celeron N5100 1080

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.71 2.07
Integrated graphics card 2.98 5.58
Recency 30 September 2019 11 January 2021
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon PRO 300GE has a 30.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron N5100, on the other hand, has 87.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N5100 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop processor while Celeron N5100 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 300GE and Celeron N5100, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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