AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs AMD A8-7200P

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and AMD A8-7200P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

AMD A8-7200P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1054
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3987 vs 2154

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 4 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760 vs 1054
PassMark - CPU mark	3987 vs 2154

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7200P

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 7% higher maximum core temperature: 102 °C vs 95 °C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	102 °C vs 95 °C
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
CPU 2: AMD A8-7200P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1054

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3987

2154

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD A8-7200P
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1054
PassMark - CPU mark	3987	2154
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1723
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3148

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD A8-7200P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Kaveri
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	4 June 2014
OPN Tray	YM3150C4T2OFG	AM720PDGH44JA
Place in performance rating	1461	1484
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
Series		AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	102 °C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		8
Die size		245 mm
Transistor count		2410 Million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		626 MHz
iGPU core count		4
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0