AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Apple A10X Fusion

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AMD Athlon Gold 3150U CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A10X Fusion
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Apple A10X Fusion

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or Apple A10X Fusion - 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 Apple A10X Fusion has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.36 GHz. The CPU supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A10X Fusion was released in Q2/2017.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Apple A series (22)
AMD Athlon Gold 3000 (2) CPU group Apple A10/A10X (2)
4 Generation 10
Dali (Zen) Architecture A10
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A9X
-- Successor Apple A12Z Bionic

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 Apple A10X Fusion has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A10X Fusion is at 2.36 GHz.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Characteristic Apple A10X Fusion
2 Cores 6
4 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz) A-Core 2.36 GHz
3x Hurricane
-- B-Core 1.30 GHz
3x Zephyr

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 Apple A10X Fusion
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or Apple A10X Fusion 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 Apple A10X
1.00 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 1
3 Compute units 48
192 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
12 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 RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Apple A10X
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

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 Apple A10X Fusion supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Characteristic Apple A10X Fusion
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-3200
32 GB Max. Memory 3 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache 8.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
8 PCIe lanes --
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is 15 W, while the Apple A10X Fusion has a TDP of 8 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Characteristic Apple A10X Fusion
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 8 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Apple A10X Fusion is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Characteristic Apple A10X Fusion
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions --
FP5 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems iOS
Q1/2020 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (94%)
Apple A10X Fusion (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U (82%)
Apple A10X Fusion (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 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
770 (92%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
837 (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 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1822 (79%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
2295 (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 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
913 (96%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
954 (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 Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1968 (84%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
2354 (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 Athlon Gold 3150U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (50%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X @ 1.00 GHz
768 (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 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
779 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 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 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2120 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 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 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
306 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 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 Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
827 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
473856 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
377455 (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 Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4025 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
0 (0%)

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 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
123 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 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 Gold 3150U AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
359 (100%)
Apple A10X Fusion Apple A10X Fusion
6C 6T @ 2.36 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Apple A10X Fusion
Unknown Apple iPad Pro (2. Gen)
Apple TV 4K

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