Ryzen 5 8540U vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
Ryzen 5 8540U
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 28 Watt
11.83
+371%

Ryzen 5 8540U outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 371% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1755661
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency15.8540.01
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U 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 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Million20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U 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
SocketFP5FP7
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U. 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, SMEAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)AMD Radeon 740M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen 5 8540U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1214

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 2.51
Ryzen 5 8540U 11.83
+371%

  • Passmark

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 3989
Ryzen 5 8540U 18793
+371%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 11.83
Integrated graphics card 2.98 8.32
Recency 6 January 2020 6 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8540U, on the other hand, has a 371.3% higher aggregate performance score, 179.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 8540U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.


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