AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Core i5-9600K 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, 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 i5-9600K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs October 2018
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9600K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 35% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
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
2.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2738 vs 2074
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10667 vs 4633

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.60 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	9 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2738 vs 2074
PassMark - CPU mark	10667 vs 4633

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-9600K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2074

2738

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4633

10667

Name	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i5-9600K
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074	2738
PassMark - CPU mark	4633	10667
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1249
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5603
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2984

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i5-9600K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	October 2018
OPN Tray	YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1221	1200
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$279.99
Processor Number		i5-9600K
Series		9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		14.04
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.70 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	9 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	4.60 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	6
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	DDR4-2666
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		0x3E98
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 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	95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2015D (130W)
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)