Athlon 3000G vs Celeron G3900E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2278	1672
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	5.27
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	3.46	7.63
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)	21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 4292% better value for money than Celeron G3900E.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	35
L1 cache	128 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	98.57 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors	1750 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	no data	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics 510

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.28	2.82
Integrated graphics card	1.61	2.98
Recency	2 January 2016	21 November 2019
Threads	2	4

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