Ryzen Z1 vs Athlon Gold 3150U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z1 outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by a whopping 370% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1739 | 647 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040) |
| Power efficiency | 15.87 | 74.59 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Phoenix (Zen4) (2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 137 mm2 |
| 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 Ryzen Z1 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 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 740M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Ryzen Z1.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 20 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.61 | 12.27 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 8.32 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
Ryzen Z1 has a 370.1% higher aggregate performance score, 179.2% faster integrated GPU, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen Z1 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 Ryzen Z1, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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