AMD Athlon Gold 3150G vs Intel Core i5-655K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 3150G CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-655K
AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Intel Core i5-655K

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G or Intel Core i5-655K - 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 3150G has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 3150G was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Core i5-655K has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.46 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-655K was released in Q1/2010.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Athlon Gold 3000G (4) CPU group Intel Core i5 600 (6)
4 Generation 1
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Clarkdale
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150G has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150G is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-655K has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-655K is at 3.20 GHz (3.46 GHz).

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Characteristic Intel Core i5-655K
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.46 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 3150G Characteristic Intel Core i5-655K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150G or Intel Core i5-655K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.73 GHz
8 GPU Generation 5
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
3 Compute units 12
192 Shader 24
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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 (Westmere)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150G can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-655K supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Characteristic Intel Core i5-655K
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 0.50 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 16
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150G is 65 W, while the Intel Core i5-655K has a TDP of 73 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Characteristic Intel Core i5-655K
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 73 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
45 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150G is manufactured in 12 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-655K is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.50 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Characteristic Intel Core i5-655K
12 nm Technology 32 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
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket LGA 1156
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q1/2010
-- Release price 177 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 3150G (0%)
Intel Core i5-655K (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 3150G (100%)
Intel Core i5-655K (31%)

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 3150G AMD Athlon Gold 3150G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Core i5-655K Intel Core i5-655K
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) @ 0.73 GHz
35 (8%)

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 3150G AMD Athlon Gold 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
7096 (100%)
Intel Core i5-655K Intel Core i5-655K
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2221 (31%)

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 3150G AMD Athlon Gold 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-655K Intel Core i5-655K
2C 4T @ 3.46 GHz
564 (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 3150G AMD Athlon Gold 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-655K Intel Core i5-655K
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1252 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Gold 3150G Intel Core i5-655K
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