AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Pentium Silver A1030

Processor comparisons   29-07-2021
   Let's say you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Pentium Silver A1030 and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, machine learning, video editing, streaming, rendering. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, Prime95, MATLAB, PCMark 10, AIDA64, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), SuperPi, 7zip, Dolphin Emulator, WPrime, Furmark, Gears 5, 3DMark, Handbrake, UserBenchmark, RealBench, PassMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver A1030 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%

Pentium Silver A1030

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

Pentium Silver A1030

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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, League of Legends (LOL), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Monster Hunter World, Control, DOTA 2A, Half-Life: Alyx, Forza Horizon 4.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.0	89.8
Valorant	102.3	102.0
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.1
Apex Legends	96.1	95.9
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	76.5
Overwatch	82.8	82.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.4
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.0
Warzone	79.8	79.6
Assassin's Creed	85.9	85.7
Valheim	84.9	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 computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have 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. 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 3150U

181%

Pentium Silver A1030

120%

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 3150U is more energy efficient than the Pentium Silver A1030 since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly 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

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, programming, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software 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 advantages 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 Pentium Silver A1030
Cinbench 15 Single-core	127	88
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	310	294
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	183
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	529	678
Cinbench 23 Single-core	503	581
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2419	2150

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Pentium Silver A1030
Single-Core	1929	1314
Multi-Core	4263	3477

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Pentium Silver A1030
Single-Core	816	543
Multi-Core	1945	1738

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 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. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Intel Pentium Silver A1030
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1090
Core name	Raven Ridge	Gemini Lake
Architecture	Picasso	x86
Generation	2
Turbo Frequency	3.3 MHz	2.7 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	1000 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory		8 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	yes	No
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 Athlon Gold 3150U is 16% better than Pentium Silver A1030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver A1030 has 2 more core than Athlon Gold 3150U. 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: 28
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver A1030 is better: 4
Although it should be realized that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Pentium Silver A1030 before deciding which of the CPUs 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 Pentium Silver A1030 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver A1030 specs and review.