Athlon Gold 3150U vs Pentium 3805U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium 3805U
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.74
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+239%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Pentium 3805U by a whopping 239% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3805U and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26591741
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency4.6715.84
Architecture codenameBroadwell-U (2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 March 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3805U 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 speed1.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 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 lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1300 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3805U 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
SocketFCBGA1168FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3805U 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
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium 3805U 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
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3805U 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 3805U and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size16 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 cardIntel® HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3805U and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 3805U and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3805U and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 3805U 0.74
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+239%

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 3805U 1178
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+239%

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.

Pentium 3805U 312
Athlon Gold 3150U 814
+161%

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.

Pentium 3805U 592
Athlon Gold 3150U 1669
+182%

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.

Pentium 3805U 2
Athlon Gold 3150U 4
+125%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.74 2.51
Recency 1 March 2015 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 239.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 100% more threads.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3805U in performance tests.


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