Athlon 300U vs i5-8550
Primary details
Comparing Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1771 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core i5 | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.33 |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | Raven Ridge 2 (2019) |
| Release date | 1 September 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 9 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | 1151 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U 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 Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 3.09 | 2.98 |
| Recency | 1 September 2018 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
i5-8550 has 3.7% faster integrated GPU, and 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Core i5-8550 is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-8550 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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