AMD Ryzen 7 3780U Microsoft Surface Edition vs AMD Athlon 300U: comparison

Comparison of AMD Ryzen 7 3780U Microsoft Surface Edition and AMD Athlon 300U: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3780U Microsoft Surface Edition has more cores (4 vs 2), more threads (8 vs 4), a higher maximum clock (4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz) and a finer process node (12 nm vs 14 nm).

At the same time, AMD Athlon 300U has a higher base clock (2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz).

Both processors match on: L3 cache (4 MB), 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 Ryzen 7 3780U Microsoft Surface EditionAMD Athlon 300U
Cores / threads 4 / 8 2 / 4
Max boost clock 4 GHz 3.3 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Process 12 nm 14 nm
Integrated graphics Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Radeon Vega 3 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 Ryzen 7 3780U Microsoft Surface Edition AMD Athlon 300U
General
Codename Picasso Picasso
Segment Mobile Mobile
Product line AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile Processors with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Product family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Process 12 nm 14 nm
Unlocked for overclocking No No
Operating system support Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
CPU
Cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Base clock 2.3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max boost clock 4 GHz 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 193 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Configurable TDP 12–35 W —
Memory
Memory channels 2 2
Max memory speed 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Graphics
Integrated graphics Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Has integrated graphics Yes Yes
Graphics max frequency 1.4 GHz 1 GHz
Graphics units 11 3
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 —
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FP5 FP5
TJUNCTION 105 °C 105 °C
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies AMD Zen+ (Core) Architecture, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology AMD SenseMI Technology, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) — YM300UC4T2OFG

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