Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Athlon 300GE

Processor comparisons 28-06-2021

   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Athlon 300GE tests and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications such as AIDA64, MATLAB, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi, WPrime, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, 3DMark, VeraCrypt, Gears 5, RealBench, Prime95, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PCMark 10, Furmark, 7zip, PassMark, Handbrake, UserBenchmark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon 300GE or Intel Pentium Silver A1030.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

Athlon 300GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

Athlon 300GE

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	90.2
Valorant	102.0	102.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	57.4
Apex Legends	95.9	96.4
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	76.9
Overwatch	82.6	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.7
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.3
Warzone	79.6	80.0
Assassin's Creed	85.7	86.1
Valheim	84.7	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 tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance 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 Silver A1030

120%

Athlon 300GE

89%

To make a final 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 Pentium Silver A1030 is more energy efficient than the Athlon 300GE since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 35W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was 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 streaming, machine learning, programming, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account 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 can 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 Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon 300GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	88	89
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	294	471
Cinbench 20 Single-core	183	225
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	678	1027
Cinbench 23 Single-core	581	580
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2150	2791

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

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon 300GE
Single-Core	1314	2097
Multi-Core	3477	4919

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

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon 300GE
Single-Core	543	942
Multi-Core	1738	2187

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 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 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!

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon 300GE
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	July 07, 2019
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1090	AM4
Core name	Gemini Lake	Picasso
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation		2
Turbo Frequency	2.7 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1000 millions	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	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 41% better than Pentium Silver A1030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver A1030 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 Pentium Silver A1030 is better: 6
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 300GE is better: 28
Although it should be understood that all the number in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver A1030 and AMD Athlon 300GE before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium Silver A1030 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver A1030 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.