Ultra 5 226V vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
Core Ultra 5 226V
2024
8 cores / 8 threads, 17 Watt
11.99
+378%

Core Ultra 5 226V outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 378% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1755648
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency15.8466.75
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core Ultra 5 226V.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes124

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
Ultra 5 226V 11.99
+378%

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
Ultra 5 226V 19038
+377%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 1847
Ultra 5 226V 8704
+371%

Blender(-)

Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+280%
Ultra 5 226V 355

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 751
Ultra 5 226V 1852
+147%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Gold 3150U 3065
Ultra 5 226V 5305
+73.1%

7-Zip

Athlon Gold 3150U 8752
Ultra 5 226V 33099
+278%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 11.99
Recency 6 January 2020 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 17 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has 13.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 226V, on the other hand, has a 377.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 5 226V is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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