AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Processor comparisons 24-05-2021

   Perhaps you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Core i3-1115G4 tests and decide which is better for games or normal use for programming, machine learning, streaming, rendering, video editing. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A thorough review 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 software tests like UserBenchmark, WPrime, 7zip, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, RealBench, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Handbrake, Blender, PassMark, VeraCrypt, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Gears 5, Prime95, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator, AIDA64, Furmark, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i3-1115G4 or AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Core i3-1115G4

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Core i3-1115G4

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	91.0
Valorant	102.3	103.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.9
Apex Legends	96.2	97.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	77.6
Overwatch	82.9	83.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	71.3
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.7
Warzone	79.8	80.7
Assassin's Creed	86.0	86.9
Valheim	84.9	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 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, 4K 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 Silver PRO 3125GE

92%

Core i3-1115G4

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 Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is more energy efficient than the Core i3-1115G4 since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 0W. 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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 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 Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-1115G4
Cinbench 15 Single-core	86	158
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	452	621
Cinbench 20 Single-core	216	419
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	983	1535
Cinbench 23 Single-core	556	826
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2676	3206

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-1115G4
Single-Core	2087	2765
Multi-Core	4715	6415

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-1115G4
Single-Core	966	1348
Multi-Core	2021	2938

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. 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, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Core i3-1115G4
Announcement date	July 21, 2020	October 01, 2020
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FCBGA1449
Core name	Dali	Tiger Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	11
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz	4.1 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	3 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	3200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-3733
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD3125C6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is 11% better than Core i3-1115G4 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 Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 4
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i3-1115G4 is better: 31
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Core i3-1115G4 before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i3-1115G4 specs and review.