Athlon Gold 3150GE vs Ryzen 5 2500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1093	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	8.68	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Dali (2020)
Release date	10 September 2018 (6 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 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	8	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	12 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 3150GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500X and Athlon Gold 3150GE.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2018	21 July 2020
Threads	8	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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