Athlon Gold 3150U vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.61
+43.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a considerable 44% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14971743
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency22.7815.84
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier2024
L1 cache128K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4950 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)no data
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 3.61
+43.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 5742
+43.9%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 2156
+16.7%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1847

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.61 2.51
Integrated graphics card 3.04 2.98
Recency 26 October 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U has a 43.8% higher aggregate performance score, 2% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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