AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i3-8121U

What is the difference between AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i3-8121U. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

815Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score799
1888Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1858
4462PassMark CPU Mark Rating4369
1990PassMark Single Thread Rating1921
19763DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon 3000GProcessorIntel Core i3-8121U
3500 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
Maximum Frequency3200 MHz
2Cores2
4Threads4
35 WTDP15 W
Radeon Vega 3 GraphicsGPU
PicassoCodenameCannon Lake
Socket AM4 (1331)Package

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

814Single-Core Score788
1713Multi-Core Score1851
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.3 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. A320M-HModelIntel(R) Client Systems NUC8i3CYS
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. A320M-H-CFMotherboardIntel Corporation NUC8CYB
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon 3000GNameIntel Core i3-8121U
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 17 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 102 Stepping 3
3.50 GHzBase Frequency2.21 GHz
3485 MHzMaximum Frequency3.19 GHz
Socket AM4 (1331)Package
Raven RidgeCodenameSkylake
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 2
4.00 MB x 1L3 Cache4.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

4.00 GBSize7.94 GB
DDR4 SDRAMType
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

814Single-Core Score788
1764Crypto Score1418
705Integer Score698
891Floating Point Score 877
1764
3.01 GB/sec
AES-XTS1418
2.42 GB/sec
778
3.94 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)555
2.81 MB/sec
780
36.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression674
31.9 Mpixels/sec
578
1.63 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)654
1.84 MTE/sec
653
767.1 KElements/sec
HTML5617
725.0 KElements/sec
666
208.5 Krows/sec
SQLite672
210.6 Krows/sec
739
40.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering807
43.8 Mpixels/sec
630
200.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering786
250.3 KB/sec
710
5.53 Klines/sec
Clang786
6.12 Klines/sec
850
9.85 images/sec
Camera778
9.02 images/sec
661
827.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics585
731.3 Kpairs/sec
889
5505.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics842
5219.3 FPS
1072
58.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur783
43.1 Mpixels/sec
862
6.64 images/sec
Face Detection801
6.17 images/sec
827
20.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection770
19.0 Mpixels/sec
1404
68.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1314
64.5 Mpixels/sec
1497
20.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1545
21.1 Mpixels/sec
1103
885.4 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1030
827.4 Kpixels/sec
722
6.47 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion752
6.73 Kpixels/sec
666
21.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition681
21.8 Words/sec
558
21.6 images/sec
Machine Learning924
35.7 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1713Multi-Core Score1851
1926Crypto Score3973
1633Integer Score1706
1852Floating Point Score 1810
1926
3.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS3973
6.77 GB/sec
1804
9.13 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1538
7.78 MB/sec
2264
107.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2053
97.1 Mpixels/sec
945
2.67 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1733
4.89 MTE/sec
1718
2.02 MElements/sec
HTML51386
1.63 MElements/sec
1852
580.4 Krows/sec
SQLite1726
540.7 Krows/sec
1767
95.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1905
103.4 Mpixels/sec
1216
387.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering1737
553.4 KB/sec
1856
14.5 Klines/sec
Clang1761
13.7 Klines/sec
1686
19.5 images/sec
Camera1608
18.6 images/sec
1916
2.40 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1476
1.85 Mpairs/sec
2365
14652.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2142
13268.0 FPS
1635
89.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1391
76.5 Mpixels/sec
2026
15.6 images/sec
Face Detection1456
11.2 images/sec
1842
45.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1727
42.6 Mpixels/sec
2868
140.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2630
129.0 Mpixels/sec
3591
48.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR3254
44.3 Mpixels/sec
2909
2.34 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2175
1.75 Mpixels/sec
1544
13.8 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1604
14.4 Kpixels/sec
979
31.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1338
42.8 Words/sec
702
27.1 images/sec
Machine Learning1544
59.7 images/sec