AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
• Family
  AMD Athlon AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon Gold 3000G AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 2

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.50 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 180 W
• TDP up
  45 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  12 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  AM4 (LGA 1331) TR4 (SP3r2)
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Colfax (Zen+)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2018