Athlon Gold 3150G vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+0.2%
Athlon Gold 3150G
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.35

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13591361
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency27.516.33
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Dali (2020)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm12 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G 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
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12no 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.

Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+0.2%
Athlon Gold 3150G 4.35

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 3500U 6931
+0.3%
Athlon Gold 3150G 6908

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.36 4.35
Integrated graphics card 4.51 2.98
Recency 6 January 2019 21 July 2020
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 0.2% higher aggregate performance score, 51.3% faster integrated GPU, 100% more threads, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon Gold 3150G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon Gold 3150G.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Athlon Gold 3150G is a desktop one.


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