Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Core i7-990X

General info

Comparing Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1201	1215
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.53	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Gulftown (2010−2011)	Dali (2020)
Release date	24 February 2011 (13 years ago)	21 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,104	no data
Current price	$187 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.46 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.73 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	24 GB	no data
Max memory channels	3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-990X and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE.

PCIe version

2.0

4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 i7-990X outperforms Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	4.60	4.53
Recency	24 February 2011	21 July 2020
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt

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