AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G vs Intel Pentium 2020M

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AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 2020M
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G Intel Pentium 2020M

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G or Intel Pentium 2020M - 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 Pro 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 Pro 3150G was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Pentium 2020M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 2020M was released in Q3/2012.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon Gold 3000G (4) CPU group Intel Pentium 2000 (5)
4 Generation 4
Picasso (Zen+) Architecture Ivy Bridge U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G is 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Intel Pentium 2020M has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 2020M is at 2.40 GHz.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G Characteristic Intel Pentium 2020M
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- 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 Pro 3150G Characteristic Intel Pentium 2020M
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Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G or Intel Pentium 2020M 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 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
8 GPU Generation 7
14 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
3 Compute units 6
192 Shader 48
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 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
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 Pro 3150G can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 46.9 GB/s. The Intel Pentium 2020M 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 Pro 3150G Characteristic Intel Pentium 2020M
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 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 Pro 3150G is 65 W, while the Intel Pentium 2020M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G Characteristic Intel Pentium 2020M
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
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45 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G is manufactured in 12 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 2020M is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G Characteristic Intel Pentium 2020M
12 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
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket PGA 988
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 Q3/2012
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G (100%)
Intel Pentium 2020M (18%)

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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (25%)

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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
7703 (100%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1371 (18%)

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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
473 (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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
886 (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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
403 (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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
731 (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 Pro 3150G AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2020M Intel Pentium 2020M
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
465 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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