AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs AMD PRO A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and AMD PRO A12-9800E 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, 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 PRO A12-9800E

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 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 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2223 vs 1508
2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6944 vs 3175

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 3 October 2016
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2223 vs 1508
PassMark - CPU mark	6944 vs 3175

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800E

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2223

1508

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6944

3175

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	AMD PRO A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark	2223	1508
PassMark - CPU mark	6944	3175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		242.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	AMD PRO A12-9800E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	3 October 2016
OPN Tray	YD315BC5M4MFH	AD980BAHM44AB
Place in performance rating	1121	1135
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
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 A12 APU for Desktops
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	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	3	8
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45-65 Watt
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0