AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE VS Intel Core i9-9900

Comparing AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs Intel Core i9-9900

Comparison of video cards AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs Intel Core i9-9900 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences Specifications Benchmarks

Differences

Top features of AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE

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Higher clock speed

3.40 GHz 3.10 GHz

Around -10% better clock speed
Performance per watt

35 W 65 W

About 1.86 0.97 times less performance per watt

Top features of Intel Core i9-9900

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Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Intel Core i9-9900

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE and Intel Core i9-9900 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE Intel Core i9-9900
Family	AMD Athlon Intel Core i9
CPU group	AMD Athlon Silver 3000G Intel Core i 9000
Segment	Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
Generation	4 9
Successor	-- Intel Core i9-10900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE vs Intel Core i9-9900 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.

Specification	Value
Core architecture	normal normal
Overclocking	No No
Frequency	3.40 GHz 3.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE and Intel Core i9-9900 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency	1.10 GHz 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	No turbo 1.20 GHz
Execution units	3 24
Shader	192 192
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB 64 GB
Max. displays	3 3
Generation	8 9.5
Technology	14 nm 14 nm
Release date	Q1/2018 Q4/2017

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE and Intel Core i9-9900. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

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

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE and Intel Core i9-9900 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.

Specification	Value
Memory type	DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	128 GB
Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel) 2
ECC	Yes No

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE or Intel Core i9-9900? 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.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	35 W 65 W
Tjunction max.	95 \xc2\xb0C 100 °C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE and Intel Core i9-9900 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Technology	12 nm 14 nm
Socket	AM4 (LGA 1331) LGA 1151-2
L2-Cache	1.00 MB --
L3-Cache	4.00 MB 16.00 MB
Architecture	Picasso (Zen+) Coffee Lake S Refresh
Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2020 Q2/2019
Part Number	YD3125C6M2OFH --