AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Core i3-10100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Core i3-10100 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs 27 May 2020
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-10100

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.4 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
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2616 vs 2074
  • Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8661 vs 4633
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.30 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache 256 KB vs 192 KB
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2616 vs 2074
PassMark - CPU mark 8661 vs 4633

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-10100

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2074
2616
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4633
8661
Name AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE Intel Core i3-10100
PassMark - Single thread mark 2074 2616
PassMark - CPU mark 4633 8661
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3179

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE Intel Core i3-10100

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Comet Lake
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 27 May 2020
OPN Tray YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1125 1138
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i3-10100
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i3 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.60 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.30 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
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 630
Device ID 0x9BC8
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 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 65 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 AVX2
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)