Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Phenom II X4 P920
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE outperforms Phenom II X4 P920 by a whopping 419% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2560 | 1330 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.22 | 11.92 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Dali (2020) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P920 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P920 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
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 Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.85 | 4.41 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 21 July 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P920 has 40% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, on the other hand, has a 418.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
The Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P920 in performance tests.
Be aware that Phenom II X4 P920 is a notebook processor while Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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