Ryzen 5 6600U vs Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 6600U outperforms Athlon Gold PRO 3150G by a whopping 129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1483 | 897 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) |
| Power efficiency | 2.76 | 27.42 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Picasso (2019−2022) | Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (5 years ago) | January 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | 208 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Ryzen 5 6600U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.25 | 9.73 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.60 | 7.57 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 6600U has a 128.9% higher aggregate performance score, 191.2% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 6600U is a notebook one.
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