AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

Compare AMD Athlon X4 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon 3000 Series 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1565 points
1604 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2930 points
3118 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1186 points
1201 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1136 points
1153 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1542 points
1676 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

621 points
818 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

792nd of 1,089
787th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Athlon X4
Athlon 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2020 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Athlon X4 950 vs Athlon Gold 3150U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon Gold 3150U performs better than the Athlon X4 950. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 950 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Athlon Gold 3150U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 950 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Gold 3150U. Also, the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon Gold 3150U outputs less heat than Athlon X4 950 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 950 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon Gold 3150U

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Athlon X4 950 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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