AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i7-7500U

Processor comparisons 29-07-2021

   For example you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i7-7500U tests and understand which is better for games or simple use for video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming, rendering. Here is useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as Dolphin Emulator, Furmark, Blender, AIDA64, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 3DMark, 7zip, SuperPi, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, Blender, Handbrake, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PassMark, Prime95, RealBench, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), UserBenchmark, WPrime.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

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 Core i7-7500U 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 i7-7500U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

Core i7-7500U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. 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, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Ghostrunner, Metro Exodus, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Hitman 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, League of Legends (LOL), Horizon Zero Dawn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K20, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Monster Hunter World, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Forza Horizon 4, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.0	90.3
Valorant	102.3	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.4
Apex Legends	96.1	96.4
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	76.9
Overwatch	82.8	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.3
Warzone	79.8	80.0
Assassin's Creed	85.9	86.2
Valheim	84.9	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 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. 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Gold 3150U

181%

Core i7-7500U

215%

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 i7-7500U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold 3150U since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need 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

Let's say 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, to reach maximum efficiency, 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 program 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 advantages 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 3150U	Intel Core i7-7500U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	127	149
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	310	376
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	354
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	529	739
Cinbench 23 Single-core	503	519
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2419	2492

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i7-7500U
Single-Core	1929	1956
Multi-Core	4263	3649

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i7-7500U
Single-Core	816	971
Multi-Core	1945	2214

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful 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 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 in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Core i7-7500U
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	3.5 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.7 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1700 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	4 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 i7-7500U is 11% 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: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-7500U is better: 26
Although it should be realized that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i7-7500U before making a decision which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

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 i7-7500U specs and review.