AMD Athlon 5150 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX

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AMD Athlon 5150 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon 5150 or AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon 5150 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5150 was released in Q2/2014.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2048 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX was released in Q1/2021.
AMD Athlon (29) Family AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO (15)
AMD Athlon 5000 (2) CPU group AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 (4)
3 Generation 3
Kabini (Jaguar) Architecture Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 5150 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.90 GHz (4.30 GHz).

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
1.60 GHz Frequency 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon 5150 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX can connect up to 2048 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 2048 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 128
-- PCIe Bandwidth 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon 5150 has a TDP of 25 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX is 280 W.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 280 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 5150 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX cache has a total of 72.00 MB.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
28 nm Technology 7 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
AM1 Socket WRX8 (sWRX8)
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q1/2021
47 $ Release price 1149 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 5150 (14%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 5150 (4%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
207 (16%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.30 GHz
1310 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
754 (5%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
15679 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
189 (11%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.30 GHz
1656 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
583 (4%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
13740 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1376 (3%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
44270 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
74 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
260 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
10843 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
33 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
122 (100%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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