Athlon Silver 3050e vs Athlon PRO 300U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon PRO 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.57
+38.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Athlon PRO 300U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a substantial 39% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300U and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17271986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD AthlonAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency16.2129.18
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge 2 (2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date8 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache128K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300U 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, 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++
FMA-+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.


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 PRO 300U 2.57
+38.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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.

Athlon PRO 300U 4080
+38.8%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.57 1.85
Recency 8 April 2019 1 June 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Athlon PRO 300U has a 38.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Athlon PRO 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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