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

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Core i5-9600KF processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Intel Core i5-9600KF

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

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

Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9600KF

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
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2744 vs 2074
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10705 vs 4633

Specifications (specs)
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2744 vs 2074
PassMark - CPU mark	10705 vs 4633

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2074

2744

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4633

10705

Name	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i5-9600KF
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074	2744
PassMark - CPU mark	4633	10705
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4297
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1272
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5800

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i5-9600KF
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	Q1'19
OPN Tray	YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1124	1132
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		i5-9600KF
Series		9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.70 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
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
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
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
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® 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
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)