AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE vs Intel Pentium 2117U

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AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 2117U
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE Intel Pentium 2117U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE and the Intel Pentium 2117U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE 4 core processor released in Q3/2020 with the Intel Pentium 2117U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced 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 3150GE is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium 2117U clocks with 1.80 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE Characteristic Intel Pentium 2117U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
3.80 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 3150GE Characteristic Intel Pentium 2117U
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Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
1.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 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

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE, while the Intel Pentium 2117U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE Characteristic Intel Pentium 2117U
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 AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium 2117U is 17 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE Characteristic Intel Pentium 2117U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
45 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE has 6.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 12 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium 2117U is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm.

AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE Characteristic Intel Pentium 2117U
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 BGA 1023
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 3150GE (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE (100%)
Intel Pentium 2117U (15%)

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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
96 (23%)

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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
7008 (100%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1021 (15%)

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 Pro 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
331 (100%)

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 Pro 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
612 (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 Pro 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
367 (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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
696 (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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
323 (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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
562 (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 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
347 (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 Pro 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
61 (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 Pro 3150GE AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150GE
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 2117U Intel Pentium 2117U
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
115 (100%)

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