AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs Intel Celeron N5205U

Processor comparisons   12-01-2022
   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs Intel Celeron N5205U and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, video editing, machine learning, rendering. Here is all information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like Blender, SuperPi, AIDA64, PassMark, RealBench, 7zip, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Handbrake, Blender, Furmark, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, MATLAB, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, Prime95, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Celeron N5205U 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%

Celeron N5205U

50%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon Gold 3150C is 1% better than Celeron N5205U. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

Celeron N5205U

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs 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: Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Horizon Zero Dawn, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	89.8
Valorant	102.1	102.1
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.2
Apex Legends	95.9	96.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.6
Overwatch	82.7	82.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.4
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.1
Warzone	79.6	79.6
Assassin's Creed	85.7	85.8
Valheim	84.7	84.7

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 tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Gold 3150C

177%

Celeron N5205U

131%

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 Celeron N5205U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is 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 streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all threads and cores that it has. You will learn 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 use only one core to run, 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	Intel Celeron N5205U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	91
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	350	241
Cinbench 20 Single-core	208	196
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	761	585
Cinbench 23 Single-core	431	424
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2071	1556

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Celeron N5205U
Single-Core	1974	1277
Multi-Core	3650	3149

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Celeron N5205U
Single-Core	798	592
Multi-Core	1788	1813

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Celeron N5205U
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	December 11, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1528
Core name	Dali	Comet Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	10
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	2.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	1.9 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1900 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	2 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM315CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold 3150C is 20% better than Celeron N5205U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Celeron N5205U has 2 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: 16
The number of parameters for which Intel Celeron N5205U is better: 10
Although it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold 3150C and Intel Celeron N5205U before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

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.

Intel Celeron N5205U - all data

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

• Intel Celeron N5205U specs and review.