AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 3150U		Intel Core i7-3630QM
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or Intel Core i7-3630QM - 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 3150U 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 3150U was released in Q1/2020. The Intel Core i7-3630QM has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3630QM was released in Q3/2012.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon Gold 3000 (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 3000M (29)
4	Generation	3
Dali (Zen)	Architecture	Ivy Bridge H
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-3630QM has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3630QM is at 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz).
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-3630QM
2	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	2.40 GHz
3.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.40 GHz
2.40 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 3150U	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-3630QM
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or Intel Core i7-3630QM 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 4000
1.00 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 3150U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-3630QM supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-3630QM
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3-1333, 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	6.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
8	PCIe lanes	16
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is 15 W, while the Intel Core i7-3630QM has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-3630QM
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
25 W	TDP up	--
12 W	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-3630QM is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-3630QM
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	PGA 988
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2020	Release date	Q3/2012
--	Release price	363 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (100%)

Intel Core i7-3630QM (86%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (73%)

Intel Core i7-3630QM (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 Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	731 (95%)

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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1822 (65%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2823 (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 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	913 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	646 (71%)

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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1968 (87%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	2265 (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 Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	306 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	245 (80%)

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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	827 (67%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1230 (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 3150U AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz	384 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.15 GHz	294 (77%)

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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	4025 (85%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	4732 (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 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	123 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	120 (98%)

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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	359 (61%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	590 (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 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	779 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 3.40 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 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2120 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 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 Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-3630QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1574 (100%)

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