Athlon Gold 3150U vs Core 2 Duo SP9300

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo SP9300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.61
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+311%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Core 2 Duo SP9300 by a whopping 311% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27801741
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency2.3115.84
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$284no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.26 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache6 MB1 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors410 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.05V - 1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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.

SocketBGA956FP5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9300 0.61
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+311%

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9300 2517
Athlon Gold 3150U 3639
+44.6%

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9300 4757
Athlon Gold 3150U 7566
+59%

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9300 1974
Athlon Gold 3150U 4189
+112%

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.

Core 2 Duo SP9300 52.68
Athlon Gold 3150U 40.13
+31.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.61 2.51
Recency 20 August 2008 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 311.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo SP9300 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo SP9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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