AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i5-8265U

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Intel Core i5-8265U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD Athlon Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 8
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon Gold 3000 Intel Core i 8000U

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Core i5-8265U 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.

• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.30 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U 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 Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  1.00 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  3 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q3/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U 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
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  8 16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or Intel Core i5-8265U? 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)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  25 W --
• TDP down
  12 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Dali (Zen) Whiskey Lake U
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  FP5 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2018

List of devices based on AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and Intel Core i5-8265U.

• Used in
  Unknown Acer Aspire 3 (A315-54-56KY) - 15.6 Zoll LaptopHP 250 G7 15.6 Zoll Business Laptop - Intel Core i5-8265ULenovo ThinkPad X390 Yoga - Intel i5-8265UAcer Aspire 5 (A515-54G-59WR) - 15.6 Zoll Laptop