Athlon 5150 vs Pentium G860

Place in the ranking	2520	2547
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.12	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	1.33	3.31
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	4 September 2011 (13 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium G860 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	3 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	131 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G860 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)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G860 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
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium G860 and Athlon 5150 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 G860 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 G860 and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G860 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G860 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 G860 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.

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.

Pentium G860 0.93
+4.5%

Athlon 5150 0.89

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.

Pentium G860 1448
+4.3%

Athlon 5150 1388

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.

Pentium G860 429
+148%

Athlon 5150 173

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.

Pentium G860 716
+50.4%

Athlon 5150 476

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	0.89
Recency	4 September 2011	9 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Pentium G860 has a 4.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon 5150, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium G860 and Athlon 5150.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G860 and Athlon 5150, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.