AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i5-2390T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i5-2390T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Intel Core i5-2390T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Around 46% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 65.0°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2265 vs 1512
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7112 vs 2489

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs February 2011
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 65.0°C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 3072 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265 vs 1512
PassMark - CPU mark	7112 vs 2489

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2390T

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: Intel Core i5-2390T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2265

1512

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7112

2489

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-2390T
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265	1512
PassMark - CPU mark	7112	2489
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2965
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5471

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-2390T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	February 2011
OPN Tray	YD315BC5M4MFH
Place in performance rating	1003	1007
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$100
Price now		$99.90
Processor Number		i5-2390T
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		12.56
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.70 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	65.0°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.50 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		131 mm
Transistor count		504 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3 1066/1333
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	650 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	Intel® HD Graphics 2000
Device ID		0x102
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45-65 Watt
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)