Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons   28-06-2021
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Pentium Silver A1030 vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and understand which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, rendering, programming, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from different benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications like Gears 5, 7zip, UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, Furmark, VeraCrypt, RealBench, Blender, WPrime, AIDA64, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10, 3DMark, Prime95, PassMark, SuperPi.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U 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 PRO 300U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver A1030

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 it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run 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 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 CPU comparisons were performed: Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Ghostrunner, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, DOTA 2A, Horizon Zero Dawn, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	90.0
Valorant	102.0	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	57.3
Apex Legends	95.9	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	76.7
Overwatch	82.6	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.1
Warzone	79.6	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.7	85.9
Valheim	84.7	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 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 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 PRO 300U

165%

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 Athlon PRO 300U is more energy efficient than the Pentium Silver A1030 as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor turns on all threads and cores 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 run, 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

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	88	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	294	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	183	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	678	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	581	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2150	2520

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

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	1314	1870
Multi-Core	3477	4441

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

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	543	746
Multi-Core	1738	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!

	Intel Pentium Silver A1030	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1090	FP5
Core name	Gemini Lake	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation		1
Turbo Frequency	2.7 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1000 millions	1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon PRO 300U is 16% better than Pentium Silver A1030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver A1030 has 2 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 Intel Pentium Silver A1030 is better: 4
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 28
Although it should be realized that all the number that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium Silver A1030 and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

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 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.