Intel Core i5-9400H vs AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

Processor comparisons 20-01-2022

   For example you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i5-9400H vs AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and decide which is better for games or simple use for streaming, programming, video editing, machine learning, rendering. Here is all information from several benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests such as UserBenchmark, AIDA64, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator, RealBench, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, 3DMark, Prime95, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, 7zip, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, PassMark, Blender, WPrime, DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE or Intel Core i5-9400H.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i5-9400H

52%

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-9400H

52%

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	92.2	91.2
Valorant	104.8	103.7
Cyberpunk 2077	58.7	58.1
Apex Legends	98.5	97.4
Call of Duty Warzone	78.6	77.8
Overwatch	84.9	84.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	72.3	71.5
DOOM Eternal	52.4	51.8
Warzone	81.8	80.9
Assassin's Creed	88.1	87.1
Valheim	87.0	86.0

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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-9400H

78%

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

77%

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 Core i5-9400H is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE as it consumes less power: 45W vs. 35W. 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

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program 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 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 i5-9400H	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
Cinbench 15 Single-core	176	137
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	834	724
Cinbench 20 Single-core	425	345
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1980	1577
Cinbench 23 Single-core	870	891
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4306	4286

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

	Intel Core i5-9400H	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
Single-Core	2548	2279
Multi-Core	8234	7555

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

	Intel Core i5-9400H	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
Single-Core	1054	810
Multi-Core	4161	3166

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 later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i5-9400H	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	April 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1440	AM4
Core name	Coffee Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	9	1
Turbo Frequency	4.3 MHz	3.8 MHz
Frequency	2.5 MHz	3.3 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	8	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Transistors count	3600 millions	2400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	35 W
Memory type	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133	DDR4
Max. Memory	128 Gb
Memory Frequency		2933
Memory bandwidth	41.8 GB/s
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache		2MB
L3 cache	8 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YD315BC6M4MFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is 24% better than Core i5-9400H 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 i5-9400H is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is better: 8
However, it should be realized that all the number that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i5-9400H and AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE before making a decision which of the processors to buy for gaming.

Intel Core i5-9400H - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-9400H specs and review.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE specs and review.