AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i5-4460

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   Let's say you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i5-4460 and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, programming, machine learning, streaming, video editing. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or different benchmarks. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as 3DMark, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, VeraCrypt, Dolphin Emulator, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, 7zip, AIDA64, Prime95, UserBenchmark, Furmark, SuperPi, RealBench, PCMark 10, MATLAB, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Handbrake, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-4460 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 i5-4460

51%

This parameter 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 i5-4460. 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 i5-4460

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 play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think 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 less popular games in which processors were compared: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), League of Legends (LOL), Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ghostrunner, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, Hitman 3.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.3	91.0
Valorant	103.7	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	58.1	57.9
Apex Legends	97.5	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	77.8	77.6
Overwatch	84.0	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.6	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.9	51.7
Warzone	80.9	80.7
Assassin's Creed	87.1	86.9
Valheim	86.1	85.8

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. So 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 PRO 3150G

42%

Core i5-4460

34%

To make a finishing 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 PRO 3150G is more energy efficient than the Core i5-4460 since it has less power consumption: 65W vs. 84W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software 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 run, 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 PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-4460
Cinbench 15 Single-core	139	132
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	736	477
Cinbench 20 Single-core	351	325
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1603	1177
Cinbench 23 Single-core	906	714
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4356	2716

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-4460
Single-Core	2344	1877
Multi-Core	7678	4794

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-4460
Single-Core	823	881
Multi-Core	3218	2955

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. 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 even in the newest games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i5-4460
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	April 01, 2014
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	LGA1150
Core name	Dali	Haswell
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	4
Turbo Frequency	3.9 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.2 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	22 nm
Transistors count	2400 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	84 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2933
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 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 8% better than Core i5-4460 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 PRO 3150G is better: 28
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-4460 is better: 8
Although it should be realized 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 numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i5-4460 before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-4460 specs and review.