AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Processor comparisons 12-01-2022

   For example you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and decide which is better for games or simple use for streaming, programming, rendering, machine learning, video editing. Here you can find useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as RealBench, Prime95, SuperPi, UserBenchmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, MATLAB, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, PCMark 10, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), AIDA64, Furmark, Handbrake, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, Blender, Blender, 7zip.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver N6005 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%

Pentium Silver N6005

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

Pentium Silver N6005

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play 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, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	90.2
Valorant	102.1	102.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	57.4
Apex Legends	95.9	96.3
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.9
Overwatch	82.7	83.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.7
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.2
Warzone	79.6	79.9
Assassin's Creed	85.7	86.1
Valheim	84.7	85.1

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: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance 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%

Pentium Silver N6005

257%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Silver N6005 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold 3150C as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 10W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, programming, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that 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	Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	106
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	350	353
Cinbench 20 Single-core	208	219
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	761	812
Cinbench 23 Single-core	431	697
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2071	2579

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Single-Core	1974	1576
Multi-Core	3650	4169

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Single-Core	798	771
Multi-Core	1788	2152

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. 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 benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C	Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1338
Core name	Dali	Jasper Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	7
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	10 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4 LPDDR4x
Max. Memory		16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 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 16% better than Pentium Silver N6005 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6005 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: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is better: 23
However, it should be understood that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold 3150C and Intel Pentium Silver N6005 before making a choice 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 Pentium Silver N6005 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver N6005 specs and review.