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AMD Athlon PRO 3000 Desktop APUs : All You Need To Know!

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Together with the Ryzen PRO 4000 Series, AMD also unveiled the Athlon PRO 3000 Series with Radeon Graphics!

Here is what you need to know about the new AMD Athlon PRO 3000 desktop APUs!

 

AMD Athlon PRO 3000 Desktop APUs with Radeon Graphics!

Unlike the recently released Ryzen 3000 XT series, the Athlon PRO 3000 desktop APUs come with integrated Radeon Graphics cores. That makes them APUs, instead of pure processors.

These Athlon PRO models are part of the 3rd Gen Ryzen processor family, and based on the AMD Zen 2 architecture.

At launch, AMD is introducing three Athlon 4000 G-Series processors :

  • AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G : 4C/4T | up to 3.9 GHz | 6 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 65W TDP
  • AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE : 4C/4T | up to 3.8 GHz | 6 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 35W TDP
  • AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE : 2C/4T | 3.4 GHz | 5 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 35W TDP

 

AMD Athlon PRO 3000 Desktop APUs : Specifications Compared!

We also summarised the key specifications of the three models in this table for easier comparison :

Specifications Athlon
Gold PRO
3150G 		Athlon
Gold PRO
3150GE		 Athlon
Silver PRO
3125GE
Cores / Threads 4 / 4 2 / 4
Base Clock 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Boost Clock 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz NA
L1 Cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 Cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB
Graphics Cores 3
Graphics Clock 1.1 GHz
TDP 65 W 35 W

 

AMD Athlon PRO 3000 Series : Price + Availability

Unfortunately, all three Athlon PRO desktop APUs will be limited to the OEM market initially.

AMD does not plan to introduce them to the retail market, until later. So there is no information on their price or retail availability.

AMD expects desktops with these processors to ship from system integrators starting today, 21 July 2020, and from AMD OEM partners like Lenovo and HP starting in Q4 2020.

 

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AMD Athlon 3000 G-Series with Radeon Graphics Revealed!

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Together with the Ryzen 4000 G-Series, AMD also unveiled the Athlon 3000 G-Series with Radeon Graphics!

Here is what you need to know about the new AMD Athlon 3000 G-Series desktop APUs!

 

AMD Athlon 3000 G-Series with Radeon Graphics Desktop APUs

Unlike the recently released Ryzen 3000 XT series, the Athlon 3000 G-Series come with integrated Radeon Graphics cores. That makes them APUs, instead of pure processors.

These Athlon models are part of the 3rd Gen Ryzen processor family, and based on the AMD Zen 2 architecture.

At launch, AMD is introducing three Athlon 4000 G-Series processors :

  • AMD Athlon Gold 3150G : 4C/4T | 3.9 GHz | 6 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 65W TDP
  • AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE : 4C/4T | 3.8 GHz | 6 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 35W TDP
  • AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE : 2C/4T | 3.4 GHz | 5 MB cache | 3 graphics cores | 35W TDP

 

AMD Athlon 3000 G-Series : Specifications Compared!

We also summarised the key specifications of the three models in this table for easier comparison :

Specifications Athlon Gold
3150G 		Athlon Gold
3150GE		 Athlon Silver
3050GE
Cores / Threads 4 / 4 2 / 4
Base Clock 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Boost Clock NA NA NA
L1 Cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 Cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB
Graphics Cores 3
Graphics Clock 1.1 GHz
TDP 65 W 35 W

 

AMD Athlon 3000 G-Series : Price + Availability

Unfortunately, all three Athlon desktop APUs will be limited to the OEM market initially.

AMD does not plan to introduce them to the retail market, until later. So there is no information on their price or retail availability.

AMD expects desktops with these processors to ship from OEM partners like Lenovo and HP starting in Q3 2020.

 

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Errata 94 Enhancement – The BIOS Optimization Guide

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Errata 94 Enhancement

Common Options : Enabled, Disabled

 

Quick Review

Errata 94 refers to the 94th bug identified in AMD Athlon and Opteron processors. This bug affects the sequential prefetch feature in those processors.

When there’s an instruction cache miss, the sequential prefetch mechanism in affected processors may incorrectly prefetch the next sequential cache line. This may cause the processor to hang. Affected 64-bit processors that run 32-bit applications may end up executing incorrect code.

This bug affects the following processor families :

  • AMD Opteron (Socket 940)
  • AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 754, 939)
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX (Socket 940, 939)
  • Mobile AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 754)
  • AMD Sempron (Socket 754, 939)
  • Mobile AMD Sempron (Socket 754)
  • Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M (Socket 754)

This BIOS feature is a workaround for the bug. It allows you to disable the sequential prefetch mechanism and avoid the bug from manifesting.

When enabled, the BIOS will disable the processor’s sequential prefetch mechanism for any software that operates in Long Mode.

When disabled, the BIOS will not disable the processor’s sequential prefetch mechanism. This improves its performance.

When set to Auto, the BIOS will query the processor to see if it is affected by the bug. If the processor is affected, the BIOS will enable this BIOS feature. Otherwise, it will leave it disabled.

If your processor is affected by this bug, you should enable this BIOS feature to prevent the processor from hanging or processing incorrect code. But if your processor is not affected by this bug, disable this BIOS feature for maximum performance.

 

Details

As processors get more and more complex, every new processor design inevitably comes with a plethora of bugs. Those that are identified are given errata numbers.

Errata 94 refers to the 94th bug identified in AMD Athlon and Opteron processors. This bug affects the sequential prefetch feature in those processors.

When there’s an instruction cache miss, the sequential prefetch mechanism in affected processors may incorrectly prefetch the next sequential cache line. This may cause the processor to hang. Affected 64-bit processors that run 32-bit applications may end up executing incorrect code.

This bug is present in AMD’s processor revisions of SH-B3, SH-C0, SH-CG, DH-CG and CH-CG. These revisions affect the following processor families :

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  • AMD Opteron (Socket 940)
  • AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 754, 939)
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX (Socket 940, 939)
  • Mobile AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 754)
  • AMD Sempron (Socket 754, 939)
  • Mobile AMD Sempron (Socket 754)
  • Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M (Socket 754)

The processor families that are not affected are :

  • Dual Core AMD Opteron
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • AMD Turion Mobile Technology

This BIOS feature is a workaround for the bug. It allows you to disable the sequential prefetch mechanism and avoid the bug from manifesting.

When enabled, the BIOS will disable the processor’s sequential prefetch mechanism for any software that operates in Long Mode.

When disabled, the BIOS will not disable the processor’s sequential prefetch mechanism. This improves its performance.

When set to Auto, the BIOS will query the processor to see if it is affected by the bug. If the processor is affected, the BIOS will enable this BIOS feature. Otherwise, it will leave it disabled.

If your processor is affected by this bug, you should enable this BIOS feature to prevent the processor from hanging or processing incorrect code. But if your processor is not affected by this bug, disable this BIOS feature for maximum performance.

 

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