AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons 24-05-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and see which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, machine learning, programming, video editing. Here is all information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as VeraCrypt, 3DMark, WPrime, Blender, Furmark, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, AIDA64, RealBench, Dolphin Emulator, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Gears 5, PCMark 10, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, Prime95, MATLAB, Handbrake.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U or AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.0
Valorant	102.3	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.3
Apex Legends	96.2	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	76.7
Overwatch	82.9	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.1
Warzone	79.8	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.0	85.9
Valheim	84.9	84.9

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 participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. 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 Silver PRO 3125GE

92%

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

To make a finishing choice 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 Athlon PRO 300U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. 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, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, 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 learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account 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 use only one core to work, 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 Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	86	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	452	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	216	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	983	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	556	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2676	2520

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	2087	1870
Multi-Core	4715	4441

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	966	746
Multi-Core	2021	1978

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 can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	July 21, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FP5
Core name	Dali	Raven Ridge
Architecture	Zen	Zen
Generation	1	1
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2667	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD3125C6M2OFH	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is 29% better than Athlon PRO 300U 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 Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 17
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 5
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE specs and review.

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.