AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs AMD Athlon 300GE

Let's find out which one of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon 300GE is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF AMD Athlon 300GE
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen AMD Athlon
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 AMD Athlon 300

In this block we are going to compare AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs AMD Athlon 300GE by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon 300GE along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon 300GE. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon 300GE you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF or AMD Athlon 300GE? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 95 \xc2\xb0C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon 300GE CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Dali (Zen)
• Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM4 AM4 (LGA 1331)
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q3/2019