Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.38
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
4.41
+220%

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE outperforms Pro A8-8600B by a whopping 220% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22351343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency3.7311.92
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Dali (2020)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm12 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
RAID+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR4-2933
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon Vega 3
iGPU core count6no data
จำนวนพาธไลน์384no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE.

PCIe version3.04.0

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.

Pro A8-8600B 1.38
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 4.41
+220%

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.

Pro A8-8600B 2190
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 7006
+220%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 4.41
Recency 3 June 2015 21 July 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has 191.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, on the other hand, has a 219.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pro A8-8600B in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A8-8600B is a notebook processor while Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A8-8600B and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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