Athlon 3000G vs Pentium J4205

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium J4205
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.50
Athlon 3000G
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.82
+88%

Athlon 3000G outperforms Pentium J4205 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21551681
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.175.27
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Athlon
Power efficiency14.197.62
Architecture codenameGoldmont (2016−2017)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 3000% better value for money than Pentium J4205.

Detailed specifications

Pentium J4205 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplier1535
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J4205 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1296AM4
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J4205 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 J4205 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB?
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 505AMD Radeon Vega 3
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J4205 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes66
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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 J4205 1.50
Athlon 3000G 2.82
+88%

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 J4205 2384
Athlon 3000G 4476
+87.8%

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 J4205 278
Athlon 3000G 956
+244%

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 J4205 755
Athlon 3000G 1958
+159%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.50 2.82
Integrated graphics card 0.93 2.98
Recency 30 August 2016 21 November 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium J4205 has 100% more physical cores, and 250% lower power consumption.

Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has a 88% higher aggregate performance score, 220.4% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The Athlon 3000G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J4205 in performance tests.


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