AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Core i3-8100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Core i3-8100 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Intel Core i3-8100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 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 January 2018
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8100

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.6 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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2215 vs 2074
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6099 vs 4633

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2215 vs 2074
PassMark - CPU mark	6099 vs 4633

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8100

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2074

2215

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4633

6099

Name	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-8100
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074	2215
PassMark - CPU mark	4633	6099
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		965
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3121
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		87.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.403
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1830
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1830
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6116

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-8100
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	January 2018
OPN Tray	YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1222	1234
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$129.99
Processor Number		i3-8100
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		18.33
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		37.5 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 630
Device ID		0x3E91/x92
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	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015C (65W)
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)
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)