AMD Athlon Gold 3150C vs Intel Core i7-3770K

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 3150C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-3770K
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Intel Core i7-3770K

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C or Intel Core i7-3770K - 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 Gold 3150C has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150C was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Core i7-3770K has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3770K was released in Q2/2012.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
AMD Athlon Gold 3000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 3000 (31)
4 Generation 3
Dali (Zen) Architecture Ivy Bridge S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i7-4770K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150C is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz). The Intel Core i7-3770K has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz).

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Characteristic Intel Core i7-3770K
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.40 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.90 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Characteristic Intel Core i7-3770K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
3 Compute units 16
192 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.0

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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150C supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3770K can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Characteristic Intel Core i7-3770K
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-1600
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150C has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i7-3770K is 77 W.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Characteristic Intel Core i7-3770K
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 77 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150C has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-3770K cache has a total of 8.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Characteristic Intel Core i7-3770K
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FP5 Socket LGA 1155
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q2/2012
-- Release price 275 $
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the AMD Athlon Gold 3150C to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i7-3770K to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 5.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
770 (88%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
873 (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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1822 (53%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
3409 (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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
913 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
737 (81%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1968 (78%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
2527 (100%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz
294 (70%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3293 (51%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
6474 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
779 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2120 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
286 (100%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1391 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
597.4 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
384 (100%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1866 (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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
137 (100%)

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 Gold 3150C AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770K
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
672 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C Intel Core i7-3770K
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Core i7-6700KIntel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-6700K vs Intel Core i7-3770K
2. Intel Core i7-3770Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-3770 vs Intel Core i7-3770K
3. Intel Core i7-2600KIntel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core i7-3770K
4. AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i7-3770K AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-3770K
5. Intel Core i7-3770KIntel Core i5-2500k Intel Core i7-3770K vs Intel Core i5-2500k
6. Intel Core i7-4790Intel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-4790 vs Intel Core i7-3770K
7. Intel Core i7-4790KIntel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core i7-3770K
8. Intel Core i5-3570KIntel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i5-3570K vs Intel Core i7-3770K
9. Intel Core i7-3770KAMD Ryzen 3 2200G Intel Core i7-3770K vs AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
10. Intel Core i7-4770KIntel Core i7-3770K Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Core i7-3770K


back to index