Athlon Silver 3050U vs Apple M4 Max (16 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 Max (16 cores) outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 1388% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 168 | 1979 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M4 | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 29.41 | 11.86 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 30 October 2024 (less than a year ago) | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M4 Max (16 cores) 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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.51 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M4 Max (16 cores) 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.
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | 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 | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M4 40-core GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 27.97 | 1.88 |
| Recency | 30 October 2024 | 6 January 2020 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M4 Max (16 cores) has a 1387.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has 500% lower power consumption.
The Apple M4 Max (16 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M4 Max (16 cores) and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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