Athlon Silver 3050U vs A8-3870K

Primary details

Comparing A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2066	1874
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.20	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Dali (Zen)
Release date	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$32	$471

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	228 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM1	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon HD 6550D

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms A8-3870K by 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.49	1.93
Recency	20 December 2011	7 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

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