i5-12400F vs Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
4.41
Core i5-12400F
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.29
+179%

Core i5-12400F outperforms Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE by a whopping 179% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1344631
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.23
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency11.9217.89
Architecture codenameDali (2020)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date21 July 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Performance-coresno data6
Threads412
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F 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 PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Vega 3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F.

PCIe version4.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 PRO 3150GE 4.41
i5-12400F 12.29
+179%

  • Passmark

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 PRO 3150GE 7006
i5-12400F 19520
+179%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.41 12.29
Recency 21 July 2020 4 January 2022
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-12400F, on the other hand, has a 178.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-12400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Core i5-12400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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