Intel Core i3-8300T vs AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor comparisons 20-01-2022

   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the Intel Core i3-8300T vs AMD Athlon 300GE tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, machine learning, programming, video editing, streaming. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests such as RealBench, Dolphin Emulator, WPrime, Gears 5, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Prime95, MATLAB, Blender, AIDA64, Handbrake, UserBenchmark, Blender, 7zip, Furmark, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, PCMark 10, 3DMark, SuperPi, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon 300GE or Intel Core i3-8300T.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i3-8300T

51%

Athlon 300GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i3-8300T

52%

Athlon 300GE

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.5	90.2
Valorant	104.0	102.5
Cyberpunk 2077	58.2	57.4
Apex Legends	97.8	96.4
Call of Duty Warzone	78.0	76.9
Overwatch	84.2	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.8	70.7
DOOM Eternal	52.0	51.3
Warzone	81.1	80.0
Assassin's Creed	87.4	86.1
Valheim	86.3	85.1

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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. 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

Core i3-8300T

83%

Athlon 300GE

89%

To make a finishing 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 Athlon 300GE is more energy efficient than the Core i3-8300T as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 35W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to reach maximum performance. You will find out 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 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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon 300GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	137	89
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	547	471
Cinbench 20 Single-core	380	225
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1390	1027
Cinbench 23 Single-core	748	580
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2904	2791

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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon 300GE
Single-Core	1984	2097
Multi-Core	5809	4919

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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon 300GE
Single-Core	877	942
Multi-Core	3454	2187

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 newer the processor, the longer it will last you. 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 the newest 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!

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon 300GE
Announcement date	July 07, 2018	July 07, 2019
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Core name	Coffee Lake	Picasso
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	8	2
Turbo Frequency
Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2460 millions	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	8 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YD30GEC6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon 300GE is 5% better than Core i3-8300T in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i3-8300T 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 Intel Core i3-8300T is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 300GE is better: 8
Although it should be understood that all the number in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Core i3-8300T and AMD Athlon 300GE before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i3-8300T - all data

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

• Intel Core i3-8300T specs and review.

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.