Intel Core i3-8145UE vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Processor comparisons 15-01-2022

   If you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice after reading the detailed tests Intel Core i3-8145UE vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and see which is better for games or simple use for programming, rendering, video editing, streaming, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator, Prime95, VeraCrypt, 3DMark, PassMark, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, Gears 5, SuperPi, 7zip, Blender, Blender, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, PCMark 10, AIDA64, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE or Intel Core i3-8145UE.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i3-8145UE

51%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i3-8145UE

51%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. 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. 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 final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, Control, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.2	90.1
Valorant	102.5	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.4	57.3
Apex Legends	96.4	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.9	76.8
Overwatch	83.0	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.7	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.2
Warzone	80.0	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.1	86.0
Valheim	85.1	84.9

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: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, 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

Core i3-8145UE

221%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

92%

To make a final 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 Core i3-8145UE is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 35W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the CPU turns on 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 check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, 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

	Intel Core i3-8145UE	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	133	86
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	305	452
Cinbench 20 Single-core	325	216
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	572	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	538	556
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2090	2676

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

	Intel Core i3-8145UE	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	2396	2087
Multi-Core	4180	4715

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

	Intel Core i3-8145UE	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	995	966
Multi-Core	2174	2021

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.

	Intel Core i3-8145UE	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	July 21, 2020
Type	Embedded	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1528	AM4
Core name	Whiskey Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	8	1
Turbo Frequency	3.9 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	2.2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	1900 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	DDR4
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	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 35% better than Core i3-8145UE 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 Intel Core i3-8145UE is better: 23
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 12
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Core i3-8145UE and AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i3-8145UE - all data

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

• Intel Core i3-8145UE specs and review.

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.