AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs AMD FX-6300 Six-Core

Processor comparisons 12-01-2022

   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs AMD FX-6300 Six-Core tests and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, video editing. Here is all information from different benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like WPrime, Blender, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 7zip, 3DMark, AIDA64, PassMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Dolphin Emulator, RealBench, Handbrake, Prime95, Blender, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Last Man Standing
Fallout 76
DOOM: Eternal
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Valheim
Watch Dogs Legion
Apex Legends
Fortnite
Valorant
Halo Infinite
Rainbow Six Siege
Borderlands 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Overwatch
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
Grand Theft Auto V
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD FX-6300 Six-Core or AMD Athlon Gold 3150C.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

FX-6300 Six-Core

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	90.8
Valorant	102.1	103.2
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.8
Apex Legends	95.9	97.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	77.4
Overwatch	82.7	83.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	71.2
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.6
Warzone	79.6	80.5
Assassin's Creed	85.7	86.7
Valheim	84.7	85.7

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Gold 3150C

177%

FX-6300 Six-Core

22%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Gold 3150C is more energy efficient than the FX-6300 Six-Core since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 95W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	89
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	350	648
Cinbench 20 Single-core	208	186
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	761	1176
Cinbench 23 Single-core	431	567
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2071	3624

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Single-Core	1974	1463
Multi-Core	3650	4132

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Single-Core	798	652
Multi-Core	1788	2781

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	October 01, 2012
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	AM3+
Core name	Dali	Vishera
Architecture	Zen	Bulldozer
Generation	1	1
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	4.1 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	3.5 MHz
Cores	2	6
Threads	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1220 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	95 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	1866
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	288KB
L2 cache	1MB	6MB
L3 cache	4MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM315CC4T2OFG	FD6300WMW6KHK FD6300WMHKBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here FX-6300 Six-Core is 31% better than Athlon Gold 3150C in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that FX-6300 Six-Core has 4 more core than Athlon Gold 3150C. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 3150C is better: 10
The number of parameters for which AMD FX-6300 Six-Core is better: 23
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold 3150C and AMD FX-6300 Six-Core before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150C specs and review.

• AMD FX-6300 Six-Core specs and review.