Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
Ryzen Z1 Extreme
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
15.85
+531%

Ryzen Z1 Extreme outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 531% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1755429
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency15.84100.00
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Phoenix (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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)
Threads416
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz5.1 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4500 Million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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
SocketFP5FP8
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. 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++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. 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 card
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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

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 Z1 Extreme 15.85
+531%

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 Z1 Extreme 25182
+531%

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 814
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 2190
+169%

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 1669
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 9676
+480%

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 Z1 Extreme 2336
+564%

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 Z1 Extreme 268
+129%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 1847
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 10258
+455%

Blender(-)

Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+531%
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 214

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 751
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 1908
+154%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Gold 3150U 3065
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 6197
+102%

7-Zip

Athlon Gold 3150U 8752
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 62657
+616%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 15.85
Integrated graphics card 2.98 18.32
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm

Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a 531.5% higher aggregate performance score, 514.8% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen Z1 Extreme is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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