Athlon PRO 300GE vs Ryzen 7 2700U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 2700U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.28
+57.9%
Athlon PRO 300GE
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.71

Ryzen 7 2700U outperforms Athlon PRO 300GE by an impressive 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13651697
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Athlon
Power efficiency27.007.33
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)30 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier2234
L1 cache128K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE 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)
SocketFP5Socket AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1300 MHz)AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Athlon PRO 300GE.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.


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 7 2700U 4.28
+57.9%
Athlon PRO 300GE 2.71

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 7 2700U 6797
+57.8%
Athlon PRO 300GE 4308

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.

Ryzen 7 2700U 817
Athlon PRO 300GE 937
+14.7%

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.

Ryzen 7 2700U 2466
+29%
Athlon PRO 300GE 1911

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.28 2.71
Integrated graphics card 4.23 2.98
Recency 26 October 2017 30 September 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 7 2700U has a 57.9% higher aggregate performance score, 41.9% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon PRO 300GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 2700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon PRO 300GE in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 2700U is a notebook processor while Athlon PRO 300GE is a desktop one.


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