Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Athlon 240GE

General info

Comparing Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1548	1547
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.55	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Dali (2020)
Release date	21 December 2018 (5 years ago)	21 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data
Current price	$221 (2.9x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and Athlon Silver 3050GE.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.93	2.94
Recency	21 December 2018	21 July 2020
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm

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