Athlon X4 880K vs Ryzen 3 4300G

Place in the ranking	1032	1812
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 3	no data
Power efficiency	9.89	2.29
Architecture codename	Renoir (2020−2023)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)	December 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256K
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Die size	156 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	9800 Million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K 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	1
Socket	AM4	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 6

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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.

Ryzen 3 4300G 6.79
+195%

Athlon X4 880K 2.30

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.

Ryzen 3 4300G 10789
+195%

Athlon X4 880K 3659

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.79	2.30
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Ryzen 3 4300G has a 195.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 4300G is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X4 880K in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 4300G and Athlon X4 880K, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.