Ultra 5 236V vs Athlon PRO 300U

Place in the ranking	1743	557
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	16.21	75.10
Architecture codename	Raven Ridge 2 (2019)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V 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	4	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Bus rate	no data	37 MHz
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V 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	FP5	Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.57	13.49
Recency	8 April 2019	24 September 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	17 Watt

Athlon PRO 300U has 13.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 236V, on the other hand, has a 424.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 5 236V is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon PRO 300U and Core Ultra 5 236V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.