i5-11400H vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.61
Core i5-11400H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 35 Watt
10.21
+291%

Core i5-11400H outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 291% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1739776
Place by popularitynot in top-10035
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Tiger Lake
Power efficiency15.8726.60
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s51.2 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Core i5-11400H.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1220

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 2.61
i5-11400H 10.21
+291%

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
i5-11400H 15624
+292%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Gold 3150U 816
i5-11400H 1813
+122%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1672
i5-11400H 6363
+281%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3639
i5-11400H 8712
+139%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon Gold 3150U 7566
i5-11400H 39096
+417%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon Gold 3150U 4189
i5-11400H 12043
+187%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon Gold 3150U 40.13
i5-11400H 6.8
+490%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon Gold 3150U 4
i5-11400H 15
+267%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Athlon Gold 3150U 352
i5-11400H 1277
+263%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Athlon Gold 3150U 117
i5-11400H 218
+86.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1.36
i5-11400H 2.5
+83.8%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.2
i5-11400H 8.2
+270%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Athlon Gold 3150U 22
i5-11400H 70
+211%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Athlon Gold 3150U 107
i5-11400H 182
+71%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Athlon Gold 3150U 1631
i5-11400H 5571
+242%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 1847
i5-11400H 6006
+225%

Blender(-)

Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+240%
i5-11400H 396

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Gold 3150U 751
i5-11400H 1500
+99.7%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Gold 3150U 3065
i5-11400H 5116
+66.9%

7-Zip

Athlon Gold 3150U 8752
i5-11400H 33444
+282%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.61 10.21
Recency 6 January 2020 11 May 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has 133.3% lower power consumption.

i5-11400H, on the other hand, has a 291.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-11400H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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