AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs AMD PRO A8-9600B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and AMD PRO A8-9600B 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, 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).

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

AMD PRO A8-9600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1760 vs 1194
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3987 vs 2292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 10/24/2016
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760 vs 1194
PassMark - CPU mark	3987 vs 2292

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A8-9600B

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

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
CPU 2: AMD PRO A8-9600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1760

1194

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3987

2292

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD PRO A8-9600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1760	1194
PassMark - CPU mark	3987	2292
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		231.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		57.356

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD PRO A8-9600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	10/24/2016
OPN Tray	YM3150C4T2OFG	AM960BADY44AB
Place in performance rating	1461	1475
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		250 mm
Transistor count		3100 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	DDR4
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	12 Watt/15 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	8
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		6
Processor graphics		R5
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Advanced Technologies
AMD Secure technology
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0