AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Intel Core i7-7700

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Intel Core i7-7700 and see which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, streaming, video editing, rendering, programming. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like PCMark 10, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, VeraCrypt, Prime95, 7zip, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, 3DMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, PassMark, AIDA64, Blender, MATLAB, Handbrake, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, SuperPi.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE.

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 3150GE

52%

Core i7-7700

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

51%

Core i7-7700

53%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.2	94.1
Valorant	103.7	106.9
Cyberpunk 2077	58.1	59.9
Apex Legends	97.4	100.5
Call of Duty Warzone	77.8	80.2
Overwatch	84.0	86.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.5	73.8
DOOM Eternal	51.8	53.5
Warzone	80.9	83.4
Assassin's Creed	87.1	89.8
Valheim	86.0	88.7

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 tested computers not only did they have 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. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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 3150GE

77%

Core i7-7700

59%

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 Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is more energy efficient than the Core i7-7700 as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video rendering or video editing, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, 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 3150GE	Intel Core i7-7700
Cinbench 15 Single-core	137	186
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	724	901
Cinbench 20 Single-core	345	414
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1577	2138
Cinbench 23 Single-core	891	1115
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4286	4329

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE	Intel Core i7-7700
Single-Core	2279	2460
Multi-Core	7555	8664

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

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE	Intel Core i7-7700
Single-Core	810	1162
Multi-Core	3166	5965

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 can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. The savings are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE	Intel Core i7-7700
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	October 01, 2016
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	LGA1151
Core name	Dali	Kaby Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	7
Turbo Frequency	3.8 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	3.3 MHz	3.6 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2400 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2933
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	8 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD315BC6M4MFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i7-7700 is 8% better than Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 3150GE is better: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-7700 is better: 30
However, it should be understood that all the number in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Intel Core i7-7700 before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-7700 specs and review.