AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i7-9700F 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Intel Core i7-9700F

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9700F

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 21% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2758 vs 2265
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13265 vs 7112

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.70 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	512 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache	12 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2758 vs 2265
PassMark - CPU mark	13265 vs 7112

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-9700F

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2265

2758

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7112

13265

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-9700F
PassMark - Single thread mark	2265	2758
PassMark - CPU mark	7112	13265
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		5225
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1207
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6657

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-9700F
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	23 April 2019
OPN Tray	YD315BC5M4MFH
Place in performance rating	1001	1075
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$323, $335
Processor Number		i7-9700F
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	4.70 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45-65 Watt
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015C (65W)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
AMD GuardMI technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
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)