Ryzen 3 7320U vs Athlon PRO 300U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 7320U outperforms Athlon PRO 300U by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1729 | 1146 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 16.21 | 35.14 |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) | Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022) |
| Release date | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U. 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 Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Ryzen 3 7320U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 4 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.57 | 5.57 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 8 April 2019 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
Athlon PRO 300U has 4.6% faster integrated GPU.
Ryzen 3 7320U, on the other hand, has a 116.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 3 7320U 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 Ryzen 3 7320U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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