Athlon II M300 vs i9-14900HX
Primary details
Comparing Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 156 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Raptor Lake-HX | AMD Athlon II |
Power efficiency | 49.56 | no data |
Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-HX Refresh (2024) | Caspian (2009) |
Release date | 8 January 2024 (less than a year ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 32 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 5.7 GHz | 2 GHz |
Bus rate | 157 MHz | 3200 MHz |
L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 36 MB (shared) | no data |
Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 257 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 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 | no data |
Socket | FCBGA1964 | Socket S1 (S1g3) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
AES-NI | + | - |
FMA | + | - |
AVX | + | - |
PowerNow | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Speed Shift | + | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
TSX | + | - |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | no data |
OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 are enumerated here.
VT-d | + | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 | DDR2 |
Maximum memory size | 192 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel® UHD Graphics for 14th Gen Intel® Processors | no data |
Quick Sync Video | + | - |
Graphics max frequency | 1.65 GHz | no data |
Execution Units | 32 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 4 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz | no data |
Max resolution over eDP | 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz | no data |
Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | 12.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-14900HX and Athlon II M300.
PCIe version | 5.0 and 4.0 | no data |
PCI Express lanes | 16 | no 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.
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.
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.
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.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 8 January 2024 | 10 September 2009 |
Physical cores | 24 | 2 |
Threads | 32 | 2 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 35 Watt |
i9-14900HX has an age advantage of 14 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.
Athlon II M300, on the other hand, has 57.1% lower power consumption.
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