AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and AMD Ryzen 7 2700U 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later

Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 26 October 2017

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1820 vs 1769
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6907 vs 4010

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1820 vs 1769
PassMark - CPU mark	6907 vs 4010

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1769

1820

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4010

6907

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1769	1820
PassMark - CPU mark	4010	6907
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		645
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2352
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7007
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7007

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	26 October 2017
OPN Tray	YM3150C4T2OFG	YM2700C4T4MFB
Place in performance rating	1356	1057
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile Processors with Radeon RX Vega Graphics
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	10
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
Transistor count		4500 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		2400 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		Not included
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1300 MHz
iGPU core count		10
Processor graphics		Radeon RX Vega 10 Graphics
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Video Core Next (VCN)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)