EPYC 9115 vs Athlon 3000G

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1681	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.63	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Turin (2024)
Release date	21 November 2019 (5 years ago)	10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	$726

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	4	32
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2?	2x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors	4,800 million	16,630 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	AM4	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB?	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 3

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and EPYC 9115.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	6	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2019	10 October 2024
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	4	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

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