N100 vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
N100
2023
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
3.45
+37.5%

N100 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17551556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency15.8354.38
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)no data
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and N100.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes129
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

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
N100 3.45
+37.5%

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
N100 5478
+37.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 3.45
Integrated graphics card 2.98 5.58
Recency 6 January 2020 1 January 2023
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

N100 has a 37.5% higher aggregate performance score, 87.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, and 150% lower power consumption.

The N100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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