Athlon Gold 3150U vs i3-9100F

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Aggregate performance score

Core i3-9100F
2019
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.40
+68.6%

Core i3-9100F outperforms Athlon Gold 3150U by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13631737
Place by popularity40not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.47no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency6.1715.87
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$122no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i3-9100F 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3624
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-9100F 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, 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 Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-9100F and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

i3-9100F 4.40
+68.6%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.61

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.

i3-9100F 6736
+68.9%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3988

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.

i3-9100F 1395
+70.7%
Athlon Gold 3150U 817

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.

i3-9100F 3722
+122%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1675

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.

i3-9100F 6509
+78.9%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3639

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.

i3-9100F 18118
+139%
Athlon Gold 3150U 7566

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.

i3-9100F 11.81
+240%
Athlon Gold 3150U 40.13

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.

i3-9100F 5
+34.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i3-9100F 634
+80.1%
Athlon Gold 3150U 352

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.

i3-9100F 171
+46.2%
Athlon Gold 3150U 117

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.

i3-9100F 1.95
+43.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1.36

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.

i3-9100F 3
+36.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.2

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.  

i3-9100F 44
+97.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 22

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.  

i3-9100F 218
+105%
Athlon Gold 3150U 107

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.

i3-9100F 4052
+148%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1631

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i3-9100F 4074
+121%
Athlon Gold 3150U 1847

Blender(-)

i3-9100F 687
Athlon Gold 3150U 1348
+96.2%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i3-9100F 1152
+53.4%
Athlon Gold 3150U 751

7-Zip Single

i3-9100F 4682
+52.8%
Athlon Gold 3150U 3065

7-Zip

i3-9100F 17150
+96%
Athlon Gold 3150U 8752

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.40 2.61
Recency 23 April 2019 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i3-9100F has a 68.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-9100F is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 3150U in performance tests.

Note that Core i3-9100F is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


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