AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-5200U and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, video editing, machine learning, streaming, rendering. Here is all information from real streaming and video editing tests or several benchmarks. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special testing software like World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Furmark, 3DMark, SuperPi, Blender, WPrime, MATLAB, Gears 5, Blender, PCMark 10, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, 7zip, UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, Prime95.
   And how good the processors are in games:

DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Death Stranding
Rainbow Six Siege
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Fortnite
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Grand Theft Auto V
Cyberpunk 2077
Borderlands 3
Valorant
Overwatch
Apex Legends
Watch Dogs Legion
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
Fallout 76
Halo Infinite

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-5200U or AMD Athlon 300GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon 300GE

51%

Core i5-5200U

50%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon 300GE is 1% better than Core i5-5200U. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 300GE

51%

Core i5-5200U

50%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Horizon Zero Dawn, Monster Hunter World, Battlefield V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3, NBA 2K20, Forza Horizon 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	89.5
Valorant	102.5	101.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	57.0
Apex Legends	96.4	95.6
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	76.3
Overwatch	83.1	82.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	70.2
DOOM Eternal	51.3	50.9
Warzone	80.0	79.3
Assassin's Creed	86.1	85.4
Valheim	85.1	84.4

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 300GE

89%

Core i5-5200U

163%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-5200U is more energy efficient than the Athlon 300GE as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-5200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	89	110
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	471	264
Cinbench 20 Single-core	225	248
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1027	584
Cinbench 23 Single-core	580	595
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2791	1417

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	2097	1533
Multi-Core	4919	2507

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	942	735
Multi-Core	2187	1469

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-5200U
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2014
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1168
Core name	Picasso	Broadwell
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	5
Turbo Frequency		2.7 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	2.2 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1740 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type		DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Max. Memory		16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	3 MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD30GEC6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon 300GE is 35% better than Core i5-5200U in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 300GE is better: 25
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-5200U is better: 9
However, it should be realized that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i5-5200U before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon 300GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 300GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-5200U specs and review.