Athlon 300U vs Ryzen 5 1600X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1600X
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 95 Watt
8.38
+238%
Athlon 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.48

Ryzen 5 1600X outperforms Athlon 300U by a whopping 238% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9141756
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.29no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Athlon
Power efficiency8.1915.36
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600X 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3624
L1 cache576 KB192 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors4800 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2412

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 5 1600X 8.38
+238%
Athlon 300U 2.48

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 5 1600X 13056
+238%
Athlon 300U 3867

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.38 2.48
Recency 16 March 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600X has a 237.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1600X is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 300U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1600X is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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