i5-10400F vs Athlon PRO 300GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.71
Core i5-10400F
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.20
+203%

Core i5-10400F outperforms Athlon PRO 300GE by a whopping 203% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1710926
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.93
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency7.3211.93
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date30 September 2019 (5 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F 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 AM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F. 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++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F 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 Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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
i5-10400F 8.20
+203%

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
i5-10400F 13029
+202%

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
i5-10400F 1455
+55.3%

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
i5-10400F 5777
+202%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.71 8.20
Recency 30 September 2019 30 April 2020
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon PRO 300GE has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has a 202.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-10400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300GE in performance tests.


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