AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Intel Core i9-7920X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Intel Core i9-7920X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 140 Watt
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs September 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7920X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 24 vs 4
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2496 vs 2165
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23558 vs 7006
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 24 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
L3 cache 14336 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2496 vs 2165
PassMark - CPU mark 23558 vs 7006

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7920X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2165
2496
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7006
23558
Name AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE Intel Core i9-7920X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2165 2496
PassMark - CPU mark 7006 23558
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1115
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11596
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 10240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 69.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.723

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE Intel Core i9-7920X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Skylake
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 September 2017
OPN Tray YD315BC6M4MFH
Place in performance rating 1156 1170
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $1,200
Price now $1,019.99
Processor Number i9-7920X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 6.71

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.90 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 14336 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 4.30 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 24
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR4- 2933 DDR4-2666
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

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 44
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD GuardMI technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)