Athlon 5150 vs Pentium G2030

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2391	2541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.89	3.32
Architecture codename	no data	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	2048 KB
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

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	1.14	0.91
Recency	1 April 2013	9 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	25 Watt

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