AMD Athlon 3000G vs AMD A10-6790K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and AMD A10-6790K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 74°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1981 vs 1556
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4477 vs 3089
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 vs October 2013
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 74°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1981 vs 1556
PassMark - CPU mark 4477 vs 3089

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-6790K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: AMD A10-6790K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1981
1556
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4477
3089
Name AMD Athlon 3000G AMD A10-6790K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1981 1556
PassMark - CPU mark 4477 3089
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 16.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 71.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2797
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5588
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2797
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5588

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 3000G AMD A10-6790K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Richland
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $49
OPN PIB YD3000C6FHBOX AD679KWOHLBOX
OPN Tray YD3000C6M2OFH AD679KWOA44HL
Place in performance rating 1275 1258
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 74°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3 384
Number of pipelines 192 384
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 844 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 100 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4
Total number of SATA ports 4
USB revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0