Intel Core i5-7442EQ vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150C

Processor comparisons   15-01-2022
   For example you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the Intel Core i5-7442EQ vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150C tests and see which is better for games or simple use for streaming, rendering, video editing, programming, machine learning. Here you can find all information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like 7zip, Dolphin Emulator, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, VeraCrypt, 3DMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, AIDA64, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), UserBenchmark, Prime95, MATLAB, RealBench, Blender, Handbrake, Blender, Gears 5, PassMark, SuperPi, PCMark 10, GeekBench 6, 5.2.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Gold 3150C or Intel Core i5-7442EQ.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-7442EQ

51%

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-7442EQ

51%

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

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 run 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 little game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Half-Life: Alyx, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Hitman 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.4	89.8
Valorant	103.9	102.1
Cyberpunk 2077	58.2	57.2
Apex Legends	97.7	95.9
Call of Duty Warzone	77.9	76.6
Overwatch	84.2	82.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.7	70.4
DOOM Eternal	51.9	51.0
Warzone	81.0	79.6
Assassin's Creed	87.3	85.7
Valheim	86.2	84.7

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 computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-7442EQ

127%

Athlon Gold 3150C

177%

To make a finishing decision 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 3150C is more energy efficient than the Core i5-7442EQ since it has less power consumption: 25W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to 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

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU 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 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 turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Cinbench 15 Single-core	130	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	504	350
Cinbench 20 Single-core	272	208
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1028	761
Cinbench 23 Single-core	722	431
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2747	2071

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

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Single-Core	1800	1974
Multi-Core	4848	3650

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

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Single-Core	958	798
Multi-Core	3360	1788

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.

	Intel Core i5-7442EQ	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Announcement date	March 07, 2017	September 22, 2020
Type	Embedded	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1440	FP5
Core name	Kaby Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	7	1
Turbo Frequency	2.9 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2.1 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2000 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	25 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Max. Memory	64 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	6 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YM315CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold 3150C is 12% better than Core i5-7442EQ in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-7442EQ has 2 more core than Athlon Gold 3150C. 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 i5-7442EQ is better: 25
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 3150C is better: 9
Although it should be understood that all the data in the article above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Core i5-7442EQ and AMD Athlon Gold 3150C before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i5-7442EQ - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-7442EQ specs and review.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150C specs and review.