Intel Pentium Gold G7400E vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons 11-01-2022

   For example you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Pentium Gold G7400E vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here is useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Prime95, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, SuperPi, Blender, Handbrake, Blender, 7zip, DaVinci Resolve Studio, UserBenchmark, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, 3DMark, PCMark 10, WPrime, Dolphin Emulator, AIDA64, VeraCrypt.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U or Intel Pentium Gold G7400E.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Gold G7400E

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G7400E

51%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. 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 small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Monster Hunter World, Hitman 3, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, League of Legends (LOL), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, Control, NBA 2K20, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Ghostrunner.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.4	90.0
Valorant	102.8	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.3
Apex Legends	96.6	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	76.7
Overwatch	83.2	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.4	51.1
Warzone	80.2	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.3	85.9
Valheim	85.3	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

Pentium Gold G7400E

56%

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

To make a finishing decision 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 Pentium Gold G7400E since it has less power consumption: 46W 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 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 processor turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether 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 work, 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

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	178	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	449	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	445	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1011	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	660	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2228	2520

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	2719	1870
Multi-Core	4403	4441

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	778	746
Multi-Core	2383	1978

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 later the processor is released, 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, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in new games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400E	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	October 01, 2019
Type	Embedded	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1700	FP5
Core name	Alder Lake	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	11	1
Turbo Frequency		3.3 MHz
Frequency	4.3 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4600 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	46 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max. Memory	128 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	1MB
L3 cache	6 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	0x4693	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G7400E is 44% 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 Intel Pentium Gold G7400E is better: 29
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 6
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium Gold G7400E and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before making a decision which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Gold G7400E - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Gold G7400E 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.