AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Pentium G4520

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Pentium G4520 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Intel Pentium G4520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 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
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 51 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2074 vs 2008
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4633 vs 2707

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs September 2015
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 51 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074 vs 2008
PassMark - CPU mark	4633 vs 2707

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G4520

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G4520

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2074

2008

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4633

2707

Name	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium G4520
PassMark - Single thread mark	2074	2008
PassMark - CPU mark	4633	2707
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		4060
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		240.493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		27.316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium G4520
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Skylake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	September 2015
OPN Tray	YD3125C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1125	898
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$94
Price now		$106.55
Processor Number		G4520
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		11.57
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	4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.6 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 DMI3
Die size		150 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		65 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 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® HD Graphics 530
Device ID		0x1912
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Graphics max 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
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	51 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 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
Max resolution over VGA		N / A
Max resolution over WiDi		1080p
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.4
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)