Athlon Silver 3050e vs A9-9420e
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050e outperforms A9-9420e by a whopping 169% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2603 | 1886 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Dali (Zen) |
Release date | 1 June 2018 (6 years ago) | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
Current price | $380 | no data |
Detailed specifications
A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Base clock speed | no data | 1.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
L1 cache | no data | 192 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 124.5 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 1200 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e 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.
Socket | BGA | FP5 |
Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Single-Channel DDR4-2133?, Virtualization, | DDR4-2400 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 |
AES-NI | no data | + |
FMA | no data | + |
AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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 3050e outperforms A9-9420e by 169% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon Silver 3050e outperforms A9-9420e by 169% in Passmark.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Athlon Silver 3050e outperforms A9-9420e by 134% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 0.71 | 1.91 |
Integrated graphics card | 1.34 | 2.98 |
Recency | 1 June 2018 | 1 June 2020 |
Threads | 2 | 4 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
The Athlon Silver 3050e is our recommended choice as it beats the A9-9420e in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9420e and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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