AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs AMD A8-9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and AMD A8-9600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics API support, 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), 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 PRO 3150G

AMD A8-9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2265 vs 1486
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7112 vs 3303

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 27 July 2017
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265 vs 1486
PassMark - CPU mark	7112 vs 3303

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-9600

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2265

1486

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7112

3303

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	AMD A8-9600
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265	1486
PassMark - CPU mark	7112	3303
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		475
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1409
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		129.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.198
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		9707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		9707

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	AMD A8-9600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	27 July 2017
OPN Tray	YD315BC5M4MFH	AD9600AGM44AB
Place in performance rating	1003	1013
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
Launch price (MSRP)		$78
OPN PIB		AD9600AGABBOX
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$64.99
Series		AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops
Value for money (0-100)		22.69
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	3	6
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Compute Cores		10
Die size		246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	6
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	Radeon R7 Series
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45-65 Watt	45/65 Watt
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x8
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Graphics API support
DirectX		DirectX® 12
Vulkan
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)