AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the full tests AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i3-1005G1 and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, rendering, machine learning, video editing, streaming. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications like DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, AIDA64, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, 3DMark, UserBenchmark, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, VeraCrypt, PassMark, PCMark 10, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, Prime95, Furmark, Handbrake, SuperPi, Blender, 7zip, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i3-1005G1 or AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G.

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 PRO 3150G

52%

Core i3-1005G1

51%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is 1% better than Core i3-1005G1. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

51%

Core i3-1005G1

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 low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, DOTA 2A, Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Ghostrunner, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Horizon Zero Dawn, Metro Exodus.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.3	90.5
Valorant	103.7	102.9
Cyberpunk 2077	58.1	57.6
Apex Legends	97.5	96.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.8	77.1
Overwatch	84.0	83.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.6	71.0
DOOM Eternal	51.9	51.4
Warzone	80.9	80.2
Assassin's Creed	87.1	86.4
Valheim	86.1	85.4

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 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. 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 PRO 3150G

42%

Core i3-1005G1

266%

To make a finishing choice 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 Core i3-1005G1 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold PRO 3150G since it has less power consumption: 65W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to reach maximum efficiency. 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 can 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 PRO 3150G	Intel Core i3-1005G1
Cinbench 15 Single-core	139	158
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	736	409
Cinbench 20 Single-core	351	402
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1603	949
Cinbench 23 Single-core	906	675
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4356	2621

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i3-1005G1
Single-Core	2344	2281
Multi-Core	7678	5244

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i3-1005G1
Single-Core	823	1197
Multi-Core	3218	2465

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 newer the processor, 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, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i3-1005G1
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	April 01, 2019
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1526
Core name	Dali	Ice Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	10
Turbo Frequency	3.9 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	1.2 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	2400 millions	2600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2933
Memory bandwidth		58.3 GB/s
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD315BC5M4MFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is 65% better than Core i3-1005G1 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Athlon Gold PRO 3150G has 2 more core than Core i3-1005G1. 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 PRO 3150G is better: 26
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i3-1005G1 is better: 11
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i3-1005G1 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G specs and review.

• Intel Core i3-1005G1 specs and review.