AMD Athlon PRO 300U Mobile with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics vs 6th Gen A8-8600P APU: comparison

Comparison of AMD Athlon PRO 300U Mobile with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics and 6th Gen A8-8600P APU: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD Athlon PRO 300U Mobile with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics has a higher base clock (2.4 GHz vs 1.6 GHz), a higher maximum clock (3.3 GHz vs 3 GHz), a finer process node (14 nm vs 28 nm) and a higher maximum integrated graphics clock (1 GHz vs 720 MHz).

At the same time, 6th Gen A8-8600P APU has more cores (4 vs 2).

Both processors match on: thread count (4), TDP (15 W), memory channels (2).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterAMD Athlon PRO 300U Mobile with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics6th Gen A8-8600P APU
Cores / threads 2 / 4 4 / 4
Max boost clock 3.3 GHz 3 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB —
TDP 15 W 15 W
Process 14 nm 28 nm
Integrated graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon R6 Graphics

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter AMD Athlon PRO 300U Mobile with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 6th Gen A8-8600P APU
General
Codename Picasso Carrizo
Segment Mobile Mobile
Product line AMD Athlon PRO Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops
Product family AMD Athlon PRO Processors AMD A-Series Processors
Process 14 nm 28 nm
Unlocked for overclocking No No
Operating system support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
CPU
Cores 2 4
Threads 4 4
Base clock 2.4 GHz 1.6 GHz
Max boost clock 3.3 GHz 3 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB —
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB —
TDP 15 W 15 W
Configurable TDP 12–25 W —
Memory
Memory types — DDR3
Memory channels 2 2
Max memory speed 2.4 GHz 2.133 GHz
Graphics
Integrated graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Has integrated graphics Yes Yes
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz 720 MHz
Graphics units 3 6
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 —
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FP5 FP4
TJUNCTION 95 °C 90 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies — Virtualization, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology, AES, AMD App Acceleration, AVX, Catalyst Software, AMD Enduro Technology, FMA4, AMD Frame Rate Target Control, Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), AMD Radeon Dual Graphics, AMD TrueAudio Technology, Unified Video Decoder (UVD), Video Code Engine (VCE), The Vulkan API, Switchable Graphics, AMD Elite Experiences, IOMMU v2.0, Out of Band Manageability, Per Core Power Gating (CC6), AMD PowerNow!, System Image Stability, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD HD3D Technology, AMD Mantle API
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) YM300BC4T2OFG AM860PAAY43KA

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