Athlon Gold 3150U vs Apple M2
Aggregate performance score
Apple M2 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 275% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 814 | 1755 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 44.48 | 15.84 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 10 June 2022 (2 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.48 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 20000 Million | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.40 | 2.51 |
| Recency | 10 June 2022 | 6 January 2020 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M2 has a 274.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.
The M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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