Athlon Silver 3050U vs Apple M2

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M2
2022
8 cores / 8 threads, 20 Watt
9.40
+400%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Apple M2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 400% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8141986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency44.4811.86
Architecture codenameno dataDali (Zen) (2020)
Release date10 June 2022 (2 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.424 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.48 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache2 MB192 KB
L2 cache20 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors20000 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 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.

Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Apple M2 9.40
+400%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88

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.

Apple M2 14933
+401%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2983

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.40 1.88
Recency 10 June 2022 6 January 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M2 has a 400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Apple M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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