i3-11100B vs Athlon Gold 3150U

Place in the ranking	1740	986
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	15.85	10.42
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	no data
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	1 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B 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	no data	1
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	Up to 3200 MT/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.4 GHz
Execution Units	no data	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	4
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.56

i3-11100B 7.29
+185%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3988

i3-11100B 11357
+185%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.56	7.29
Recency	6 January 2020	1 April 2021
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has 333.3% lower power consumption.

i3-11100B, on the other hand, has a 184.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-11100B is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i3-11100B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.