AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i5-8265U tests and see which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, programming, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like 7zip, Handbrake, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, MATLAB, SuperPi, Blender, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Prime95, VeraCrypt, Blender, PassMark, PCMark 10, RealBench, 3DMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, UserBenchmark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8265U 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 i5-8265U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 300GE

51%

Core i5-8265U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), NBA 2K20, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, Control, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, Hitman 3, Battlefield V, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	91.4
Valorant	102.5	103.8
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	58.1
Apex Legends	96.4	97.6
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	77.9
Overwatch	83.1	84.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	71.6
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.9
Warzone	80.0	81.0
Assassin's Creed	86.1	87.2
Valheim	85.1	86.2

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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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 i5-8265U

201%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i5-8265U is more energy efficient than the Athlon 300GE since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then the main parameter for you is its 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 learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-8265U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	89	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	471	549
Cinbench 20 Single-core	225	401
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1027	1135
Cinbench 23 Single-core	580	606
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2791	1674

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

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-8265U
Single-Core	2097	2175
Multi-Core	4919	6181

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

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-8265U
Single-Core	942	907
Multi-Core	2187	3312

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i5-8265U
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	April 01, 2018
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1528
Core name	Picasso	Whiskey Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency		3.9 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	1.6 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1900 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type		DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
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 52% better than Core i5-8265U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-8265U has 2 more core than Athlon 300GE. 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: 9
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8265U is better: 28
However, it should be realized that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i5-8265U before deciding 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 i5-8265U specs and review.