Athlon Gold 3150GE vs Ryzen 9 3900X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking269not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.57no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9no data
Power efficiency18.51no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Dali (2020)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads244
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cache768 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm12 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4AM4
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 3150GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

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 9 3900X and Athlon Gold 3150GE.

PCIe versionno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 21 July 2020
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 24 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 9 3900X has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Gold 3150GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% lower power consumption.

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