Athlon Gold 3150U vs Ryzen 5 4600U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4600U
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.51
+238%
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.52

Ryzen 5 4600U outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 238% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600U and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8881741
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency53.4715.83
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier2124
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP6FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Athlon Gold 3150U. 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, SMEMMX, 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 4600U and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 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 4000/5000)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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 4600U 8.51
+238%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.52

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 4600U 13466
+238%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989

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 4600U 1336
+64.1%
Athlon Gold 3150U 814

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 4600U 4727
+183%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1669

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 4600U 1089
+209%
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 4600U 176
+50%
Athlon Gold 3150U 117

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 4600U 5591
+203%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1847

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 4600U 402
Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+235%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 4600U 1105
+47.1%
Athlon Gold 3150U 751

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 4600U 4247
+38.6%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3065

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 4600U 34854
+298%
Athlon Gold 3150U 8752

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.51 2.52
Integrated graphics card 6.04 2.98
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 5 4600U has a 237.7% higher aggregate performance score, 102.7% faster integrated GPU, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 4600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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