AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 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 54% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 54 Watt
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7006 vs 3709

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 54 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7006 vs 3709

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2247 vs 2165

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2247 vs 2165

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5420

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2165

2247

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7006

3709

Name	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
PassMark - Single thread mark	2165	2247
PassMark - CPU mark	7006	3709

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	23 April 2019
OPN Tray	YD315BC6M4MFH
Place in performance rating	1048	1055
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		Pentium Gold
Launch price (MSRP)		$64
Processor Number		G5420
Series		5000
Performance
Base frequency	3.3 GHz	3.80 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4- 2933	DDR3L-1600, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	350 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Device ID		0x3E90/x93
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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
Intel 64
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
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
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)