Athlon 3000G vs Pentium G3220

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2300	1635
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	5.27
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	7 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$71	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 3954% better value for money than Pentium G3220.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G3220 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	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	35
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	177 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3220 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1150	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	53 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G. 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	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Status	Discontinued	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory	1.7 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DVI	+	no data
VGA	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	1920x1080@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	2560x1600@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over VGA	1920x1200@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	11.1/12	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3220 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	Up to 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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.22	2.90
Recency	1 September 2013	7 November 2019
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	53 Watt	35 Watt

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