AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Celeron G5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Celeron G5900 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 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
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 58 Watt
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4633 vs 2643
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs 30 Apr 2020
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 58 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4633 vs 2643

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G5900

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2107 vs 2074
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2107 vs 2074

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G5900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2074
2107
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4633
2643
Name AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE Intel Celeron G5900
PassMark - Single thread mark 2074 2107
PassMark - CPU mark 4633 2643

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE Intel Celeron G5900

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Comet Lake
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 30 Apr 2020
OPN Tray YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1125 1143
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $42
Processor Number G5900
Series Intel Celeron Processor G Series
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz 350 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 3 Intel UHD Graphics 610
Device ID 0x9BA8
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 FCLGA1200
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 58 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 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 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)