AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i7-4790

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   If there are difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i7-4790 and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, programming, machine learning, rendering. Here is all information from several benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, 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 synthetic type tests like Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Furmark, AIDA64, PassMark, Blender, WPrime, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, 3DMark, SuperPi, 7zip, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Prime95, VeraCrypt, RealBench, Blender, MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-4790 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 i7-4790

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

51%

Core i7-4790

52%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.3	92.1
Valorant	103.7	104.7
Cyberpunk 2077	58.1	58.6
Apex Legends	97.5	98.4
Call of Duty Warzone	77.8	78.5
Overwatch	84.0	84.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.6	72.2
DOOM Eternal	51.9	52.3
Warzone	80.9	81.6
Assassin's Creed	87.1	87.9
Valheim	86.1	86.9

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 that were in the comparisons not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. 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 PRO 3150G

42%

Core i7-4790

31%

To make a finishing resolution 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 Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is more energy efficient than the Core i7-4790 since it has less power consumption: 65W vs. 84W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has. 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 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 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 PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-4790
Cinbench 15 Single-core	139	145
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	736	728
Cinbench 20 Single-core	351	384
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1603	1819
Cinbench 23 Single-core	906	974
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4356	4564

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-4790
Single-Core	2344	2247
Multi-Core	7678	7177

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-4790
Single-Core	823	785
Multi-Core	3218	4018

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-4790
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	April 01, 2014
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1150
Core name	Dali	Haswell
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	4
Turbo Frequency	3.9 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.6 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	22 nm
Transistors count	2400 millions	1480 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	8 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 Core i7-4790 is 2% better than Athlon Gold PRO 3150G 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: 11
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-4790 is better: 26
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i7-4790 before making a choice which of the processors to buy for gaming.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-4790 specs and review.