AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs March 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3600

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x 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
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2568 vs 2165
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17772 vs 7006
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2568 vs 2165
PassMark - CPU mark 17772 vs 7006

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2165
2568
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7006
17772
Name AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE AMD Ryzen 5 3600
PassMark - Single thread mark 2165 2568
PassMark - CPU mark 7006 17772
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1196
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6759
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4635

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Zen 2
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 March 2019
OPN Tray YD315BC6M4MFH
Place in performance rating 1049 1105
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 96K (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 512K (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 16 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4- 2933 DDR4

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD GuardMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)