Athlon Gold 3150U vs Pentium G4400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G4400
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 54 Watt
1.62
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+54.9%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Pentium G4400 by an impressive 55% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20841743
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency3.0115.84
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G4400 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 speed3.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3324
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size150 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4400 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)54 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4400 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+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium G4400 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+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4400 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 G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 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 510AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4400 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.

Pentium G4400 1.62
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+54.9%

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 G4400 2578
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+54.7%

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 G4400 688
Athlon Gold 3150U 814
+18.3%

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 G4400 1166
Athlon Gold 3150U 1669
+43.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.62 2.51
Integrated graphics card 1.61 2.98
Recency 1 September 2015 6 January 2020
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 54.9% higher aggregate performance score, 85.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, and 260% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4400 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G4400 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G4400 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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