AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i5-7200U

Processor comparisons   29-07-2021
   If you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i5-7200U and understand which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, programming, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special testing software such as Cinebench 23 (20, 15), AIDA64, SuperPi, WPrime, Prime95, RealBench, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, PCMark 10, Handbrake, Gears 5, 7zip, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, Furmark, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, DaVinci Resolve Studio, PassMark, 3DMark, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-7200U or AMD Athlon Gold 3150U.

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 3150U

51%

Core i5-7200U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

Core i5-7200U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, 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 low 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: Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL), Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield V, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3, NBA 2K20, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.0	90.0
Valorant	102.3	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.3
Apex Legends	96.1	96.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	76.7
Overwatch	82.8	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.1
Warzone	79.8	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.9	85.9
Valheim	84.9	84.9

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 comparing 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. 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 3150U

181%

Core i5-7200U

192%

To make a finishing choice 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 Core i5-7200U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold 3150U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. 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

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, programming, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i5-7200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	127	132
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	310	334
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	308
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	529	652
Cinbench 23 Single-core	503	817
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2419	1978

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i5-7200U
Single-Core	1929	1807
Multi-Core	4263	3391

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i5-7200U
Single-Core	816	864
Multi-Core	1945	1952

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful 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 in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i5-7200U
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	October 01, 2016
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1356
Core name	Raven Ridge	Kaby Lake
Architecture	Picasso	x86
Generation	2	7
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	3.1 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.5 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1810 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	3 MB
Overclocking	yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3150C4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-7200U is 4% better than Athlon Gold 3150U in terms of CPU frequency. 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 3150U is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-7200U is better: 12
All the number in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-7200U before making a selection which of the processors to buy for gaming.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150U specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-7200U specs and review.