Intel Celeron G3950 vs AMD Athlon 5150

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron G3950		AMD Athlon 5150
CPU comparison Intel Celeron G3950 or AMD Athlon 5150 - 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 Intel Celeron G3950 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G3950 was released in Q1/2017. The AMD Athlon 5150 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5150 was released in Q2/2014.

Intel Celeron (165)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6)	CPU group	AMD Athlon 5000 (2)
6	Generation	3
Skylake S	Architecture	Kabini (Jaguar)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Celeron G3950 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. The AMD Athlon 5150 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz.
Intel Celeron G3950	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 5150
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	1.60 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.
Intel Celeron G3950	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 5150
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel HD Graphics 610	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8400
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.60 GHz
1.05 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	5
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
3	Max. displays	2
12	Compute units	2
96	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.1

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.
Intel HD Graphics 610	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8400
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	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Celeron G3950 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5150 can connect up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels.
Intel Celeron G3950	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 5150
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600	Memory	DDR3L-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	1 (Single Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
16	PCIe lanes	--
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron G3950 has a TDP of 51 W, that of the AMD Athlon 5150 is 25 W.
Intel Celeron G3950	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 5150
51 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	25 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Celeron G3950 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon 5150 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Celeron G3950	Characteristic	AMD Athlon 5150
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
LGA 1151	Socket	AM1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2017	Release date	Q2/2014
49 $	Release price	47 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron G3950 (100%)

AMD Athlon 5150 (27%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron G3950 (100%)

AMD Athlon 5150 (54%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	777 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	207 (27%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1470 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	754 (51%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz	154 (76%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	2410 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	1376 (57%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	127 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	33 (26%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	228 (100%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	122 (54%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	189 (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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	583 (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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	74 (100%)

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.


	Intel Celeron G3950 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon 5150 4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	260 (100%)

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