AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i7-9700KF processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9700KF

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2875 vs 1984
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14256 vs 4484
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2875 vs 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 14256 vs 4484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-9700KF

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1984
2875
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4484
14256
Name AMD Athlon 3000G Intel Core i7-9700KF
PassMark - Single thread mark 1984 2875
PassMark - CPU mark 4484 14256
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1304
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7379
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 195.33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.505

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 3000G Intel Core i7-9700KF

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Coffee Lake
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 Q1'19
Launch price (MSRP) $49
OPN PIB YD3000C6FHBOX
OPN Tray YD3000C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1276 1279
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i7-9700KF
Series 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Number of cores 2 8
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum frequency 4.90 GHz

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666

Graphics

Execution Units 3
Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015D (130W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+1x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Total number of SATA ports 4
USB revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)