Intel Core i3-8300T vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Processor comparisons 20-01-2022

   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i3-8300T vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and see which is better for games or simple use for programming, machine learning, rendering, video editing, streaming. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review 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, RealBench, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark, Blender, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Prime95, Furmark, PassMark, MATLAB, 7zip, Gears 5, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE or Intel Core i3-8300T.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i3-8300T

51%

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i3-8300T

52%

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 it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Battlefield V, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Forza Horizon 4, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.5	90.1
Valorant	104.0	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	58.2	57.3
Apex Legends	97.8	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	78.0	76.8
Overwatch	84.2	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.8	70.6
DOOM Eternal	52.0	51.2
Warzone	81.1	79.8
Assassin's Creed	87.4	86.0
Valheim	86.3	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 tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K 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

Core i3-8300T

83%

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 Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is more energy efficient than the Core i3-8300T since it has less power consumption: 35W 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

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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. Since 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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	137	86
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	547	452
Cinbench 20 Single-core	380	216
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1390	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	748	556
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2904	2676

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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	1984	2087
Multi-Core	5809	4715

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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Single-Core	877	966
Multi-Core	3454	2021

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

	Intel Core i3-8300T	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
Announcement date	July 07, 2018	July 21, 2020
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Core name	Coffee Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	8	1
Turbo Frequency		3.4 MHz
Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	2460 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		2667
Memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	8 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	Yes	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 5% better than Core i3-8300T in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i3-8300T has 2 more core than Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE. 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 i3-8300T is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 9
Although it should be understood that all the data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i3-8300T and AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i3-8300T - all data

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

• Intel Core i3-8300T 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.