AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Athlon 300GE vs Intel Core i7-8550U and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, rendering, programming, streaming, machine learning. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender, Furmark, Dolphin Emulator, AIDA64, Prime95, Gears 5, WPrime, PCMark 10, Handbrake, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark, VeraCrypt, RealBench, MATLAB, SuperPi, 7zip, Blender, PassMark.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-8550U 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 i7-8550U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 300GE

51%

Core i7-8550U

52%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	91.9
Valorant	102.5	104.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	58.5
Apex Legends	96.4	98.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	78.3
Overwatch	83.1	84.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	72.0
DOOM Eternal	51.3	52.2
Warzone	80.0	81.4
Assassin's Creed	86.1	87.7
Valheim	85.1	86.6

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: 2K, 4K 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 300GE

89%

Core i7-8550U

228%

To make a final resolution 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 i7-8550U is more energy efficient than the Athlon 300GE as it consumes less power: 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

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, machine learning, streaming, video rendering or video editing, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the advantages 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 i7-8550U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	89	167
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	471	564
Cinbench 20 Single-core	225	354
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1027	1211
Cinbench 23 Single-core	580	979
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2791	3111

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

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Single-Core	2097	2072
Multi-Core	4919	5970

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

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Single-Core	942	1027
Multi-Core	2187	3788

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon 300GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	April 01, 2017
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FC-BGA1356
Core name	Picasso	Kaby Lake R
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency		4 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	1.8 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1820 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type		DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	8 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 47% better than Core i7-8550U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-8550U 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: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-8550U is better: 29
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon 300GE and Intel Core i7-8550U before making a decision 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 i7-8550U specs and review.