Athlon Gold 3150U vs Pentium 3550M

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 3550M
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 37 Watt
0.84
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+199%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Pentium 3550M by a whopping 199% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25881755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency2.1515.84
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3550M 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 speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3550M 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCPGA946FP5
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, 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
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium 3550M 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
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3550M 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 Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
VGA+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version2.03.0
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.

Pentium 3550M 0.84
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+199%

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.

Pentium 3550M 1330
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+200%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 2.51
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.98
Recency 1 September 2013 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 198.8% higher aggregate performance score, 287% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 146.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3550M in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3550M and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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