AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core and understand which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, machine learning, programming, video editing. Here you can find all information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, PassMark, Prime95, Furmark, Blender, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, 7zip, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, RealBench, Blender, VeraCrypt, WPrime, MATLAB, AIDA64.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core or AMD Athlon PRO 300U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

51%

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. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Battlefield V, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.0	91.0
Valorant	102.3	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.9
Apex Legends	96.2	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	77.6
Overwatch	82.9	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.7
Warzone	79.8	80.7
Assassin's Creed	85.9	86.9
Valheim	84.9	85.9

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 that were in the comparisons not only did they have 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. 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 PRO 300U

165%

FX-8350 Eight-Core

16%

To make a finishing choice 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 Athlon PRO 300U is more energy efficient than the FX-8350 Eight-Core since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 125W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has. 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. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages 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 PRO 300U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	392	665
Cinbench 20 Single-core	330	209
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	826	1298
Cinbench 23 Single-core	523	581
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2520	3804

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	1870	1551
Multi-Core	4441	5940

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Single-Core	746	608
Multi-Core	1978	2973

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. 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 can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
Announcement date	October 01, 2019	October 01, 2012
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	AM3+
Core name	Raven Ridge	Vishera
Architecture	Zen	Piledriver
Generation	1	1
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	4 MHz
Cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	1600 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	125 W
Memory type		DDR3
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	1866
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	384KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	8MB
L3 cache	4MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a	FD8350FRW8KHK FD8350FRHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here FX-8350 Eight-Core is 40% better than Athlon PRO 300U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-8350 Eight-Core has 6 more core than Athlon PRO 300U. 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 PRO 300U is better: 9
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core is better: 24
Although it should be understood that all the figures that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 300U specs and review.

• AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core specs and review.