Ryzen 9 5900X vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
Ryzen 9 5900X
2020
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
24.61
+880%

Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 880% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1755206
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.25
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Ryzen 9
Power efficiency15.8322.17
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)5 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.8 GHz
Multiplier2437
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data2x 74 mm2(CCD) + 125 mm2 (IOD)
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4500 Million0 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X 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
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X. 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, SME86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size32 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 9 5900X.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 24.61
+880%

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
Ryzen 9 5900X 39097
+880%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Gold 3150U 815
Ryzen 9 5900X 2207
+171%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1670
Ryzen 9 5900X 11939
+615%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3639
Ryzen 9 5900X 6828
+87.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon Gold 3150U 7566
Ryzen 9 5900X 52076
+588%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon Gold 3150U 4189
Ryzen 9 5900X 16438
+292%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon Gold 3150U 4
Ryzen 9 5900X 42
+947%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Athlon Gold 3150U 352
Ryzen 9 5900X 2695
+666%

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 117
Ryzen 9 5900X 250
+114%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1.36
Ryzen 9 5900X 3.14
+131%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.2
Ryzen 9 5900X 21.2
+864%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1631
Ryzen 9 5900X 13361
+719%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Athlon Gold 3150U 22
Ryzen 9 5900X 191
+750%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Athlon Gold 3150U 107
Ryzen 9 5900X 335
+214%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 1847
Ryzen 9 5900X 11765
+537%

Blender(-)

Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+774%
Ryzen 9 5900X 154

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 751
Ryzen 9 5900X 1604
+114%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Gold 3150U 3065
Ryzen 9 5900X 6582
+115%

7-Zip

Athlon Gold 3150U 8752
Ryzen 9 5900X 90443
+933%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 24.61
Recency 6 January 2020 5 November 2020
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 105 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has 600% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 5900X, on the other hand, has a 880.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 5900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 5900X is a desktop one.


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