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AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs Intel Processor N97

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

► remove from comparison AMD Athlon 3150U

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is a mobile processor for thin and light entry level laptops. It is based on the Dali series (Raven Ridge Dual Core) and offers two Zen cores clocked at 2.6 to 3.3 GHz with SMT (four threads at once) and 4 MB L3-Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 3 and offers only 3 CUs (192 Shaders) clocked at up to 1000 MHz.

In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Athlon Gold 3150C, but with the exact same specifications (and performance).

Performance

The average 3150U in our database is in the same league as the Core i3-10110U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. In other words, this is an entry-level chip, as of mid 2022. While not slow by any means, it is anything but fast, either.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

The Athlon has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 12 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Most will go for a higher value to reach higher performance levels. Either way, an active cooling solution will be needed to dissipate the heat.

The AMD 3150U is built with a 14 nm manufacturing process resulting in low, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Processor N97

► remove from comparison Intel N97

The Intel Processor N97 is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops from the Alder Lake-N series. It was announced in early 2023 and offers no performance cores and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The chip does not support HyperThreading and clocks with up to 3.7 GHz. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 6 MB L3-cache. 

Performance

The performance should be between the Intel Processor N100 and Intel Processor N200 and clearly below the Core i3-N300 and N305 due to the reduced core count. 

Features

The Alder Lake-N chips only support single channel memory with up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 or LPDDR5-4800. The chip also supports Quick Sync and AV1 decoding (most likely same engine as in Alder Lake). Furthermore, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 are partly integrated (but no Thunderbolt). External chips can be connected via PCIe Gen3 x9 (via the PCH).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers only 24 of the 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at 1200 MHz. Due to the single channel memory, low clock speeds, and low shader count, the gaming performance of the iGPU is very limited.

Power consumption

The N97 has a base power consumption of 12 W and therefore double the amount of the N100. The CPU is built with a further improved 10nm SuperFin process at Intel (called Intel 7).

ModelAMD Athlon Gold 3150UIntel Processor N97
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Alder Lake-N
CodenameDali (Zen)Alder Lake-N
Series: Alder Lake-N Alder Lake-N
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U « 2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U compare2.3 - 3.2 GHz2 / 2 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-N305 compare1.8 - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-N300 compare - 3.8 GHz8 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N200 compare1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N97 « - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N95 compare - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N100 compare1 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Processor N50 compare1 - 3.4 GHz2 / 2 cores6 MB L3
Clock2400 - 3300 MHz <=3600 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
L3 Cache4 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 4
4 x 3.6 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core
TDP15 Watt12 Watt
Transistors4500 Million
Technology14 nm10 nm
max. Temp.95 °C105 °C
SocketFP5
FeaturesDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Athlon 3150U
22.8 pt (32%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - N97
27.1 pt (38%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 N97 +
63 Points (44%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 N97 +
192 Points (4%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 N97 +
2913 Points (3%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 N97 +
973 Points (41%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
303 Points (34%)
122%
N97 +
371 Points (41%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
795 Points (2%)
140%
N97 +
1115 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
352 Points (2%)
136%
N97 +
479 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
117 Points (35%)
138%
N97 +
161 Points (48%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
4 Points (5%)
150%
N97 +
6 Points (8%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.4 Points (34%)
143%
N97 +
1.9 Points (48%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
3639 Points (22%)
150%
N97 +
5445 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
7566 Points (5%)
203%
N97 +
15323 Points (11%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 N97 +
24158 Points (17%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 N97 +
8567 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
1280 s (15%)
111%
N97 +
523 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
40.1 s (8%)
105%
N97 +
16.8 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
1631 Points (3%)
142%
N97 +
2321 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
8752 MIPS (5%)
151%
N97 +
13174 MIPS (8%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
3065 MIPS (37%)
131%
N97 +
4019 MIPS (48%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
22.5 fps (8%)
155%
N97 +
34.9 fps (12%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
106.6 fps (25%)
164%
N97 +
174.8 fps (40%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
2 fps (4%)
172%
N97 +
3.5 fps (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
118%
N97 +
0.3 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.3 GB/s (6%)
152%
N97 +
0.5 GB/s (9%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.2 GB/s (6%)
132%
N97 +
2.9 GB/s (8%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 N97 +
2014 Seconds (26%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
1348 Seconds (9%)
103%
N97 +
1020 Seconds (7%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.9 sec (19%)
102%
N97 +
0.8 sec (17%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4189 Points (9%)
154%
N97 +
6461 Points (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
13.9 s (3%)
99%
N97 +
18.4 s (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 N97 +
38.3 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
727 s (3%)
100%
N97 +
786 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 N97 +
15578 Points (14%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
4287 Points (12%)
143%
N97 +
6118 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 N97 +
50003 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 N97 +
50545 Points (41%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 N97 +
52858 Points (45%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
3923 Points (10%)
116%
N97 +
4565 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
5692 Points (10%)
114%
N97 +
6473 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1862 Points (8%)
134%
N97 +
2493 Points (11%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
1300 Points (35%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
3181 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
751 Points (32%)
141%
N97 +
1060 Points (45%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1847 Points (3%)
149%
N97 +
2757 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
1052 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
2738 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 N97 +
4703 Points (47%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 N97 +
10893 Points (12%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 N97 +
975 ms (1%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 N97 +
145.3 Points (42%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 N97 +
191.4 Points (40%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 N97 +
844 Points (32%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
37.1 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
28.4 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 N97 +
13.5 Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Athlon Gold 3150U → 100% n=30

Average Benchmarks Intel Processor N97 → 136% n=30

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