Ryzen 3 5300U vs Athlon Gold 3150G
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Athlon Gold 3150G by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1344 | 1082 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 6.36 | 38.51 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (2020) | Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 26 |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U. 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 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.45 | 6.22 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 6.04 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 12 January 2021 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 3 5300U has a 39.8% higher aggregate performance score, 102.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 months, 100% more threads, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 3 5300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150G in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Gold 3150G is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 5300U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold 3150G and Ryzen 3 5300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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