Ultra 9 185H vs Athlon Gold 3150G
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 9 185H outperforms Athlon Gold 3150G by a whopping 326% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1363 | 324 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Meteor Lake-H |
| Power efficiency | 6.33 | 38.97 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (2020) | Meteor Lake-H (2023) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $640 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 22 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 112 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 110 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | Intel BGA 2049 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.35 | 18.53 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 18.49 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
| Threads | 4 | 22 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 45 Watt |
Ultra 9 185H has a 326% higher aggregate performance score, 520.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 450% more threads, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.
The Core Ultra 9 185H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150G in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Gold 3150G is a desktop processor while Core Ultra 9 185H is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold 3150G and Core Ultra 9 185H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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