AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i5-2500T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i5-2500T 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 i5-2500T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 69.8°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% 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 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2265 vs 1485
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7112 vs 2929

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs January 2011
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 69.8°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)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265 vs 1485
PassMark - CPU mark	7112 vs 2929

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-2500T

Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

L3 cache	6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-2500T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2265

1485

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7112

2929

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-2500T
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265	1485
PassMark - CPU mark	7112	2929
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2788
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7147

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-2500T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Sandy Bridge
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	January 2011
OPN Tray	YD315BC5M4MFH
Place in performance rating	1003	990
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		i5-2500T
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	69.8°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
Die size		216 mm
Transistor count		1160 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		1.25 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.25 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	LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 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)