Athlon Gold 3150U vs Ryzen 5 1400

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1400
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.07
+94.3%

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by an impressive 94% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1400 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12271737
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.78no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency7.1115.87
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1400 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3224
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4800 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1400 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
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1400 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 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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 5 1400 5.07
+94.3%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.61

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 5 1400 7753
+94.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3988

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.

Ryzen 5 1400 964
+17.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U 818

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.

Ryzen 5 1400 3129
+86.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1678

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1400 4205
+15.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3639

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1400 17557
+132%
Athlon Gold 3150U 7566

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1400 6437
+53.7%
Athlon Gold 3150U 4189

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 5 1400 7.8
+414%
Athlon Gold 3150U 40.13

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1400 8
+95%
Athlon Gold 3150U 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1400 688
+95.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 352

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1400 134
+14.3%
Athlon Gold 3150U 117

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1400 1.53
+12.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1.36

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1400 4.1
+86.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.2

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1400 43
+91.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 22

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1400 147
+37.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U 107

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1400 2758
+69.1%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1631

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1400 3038
+64.5%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1847

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1400 682
Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+97.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1400 831
+10.7%
Athlon Gold 3150U 751

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1400 3370
+10%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3065

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1400 19219
+120%
Athlon Gold 3150U 8752

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.07 2.61
Recency 16 March 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 1400 has a 94.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1400 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


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