Apple M3 Max 14-Core vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Apple M3 Max 14-Core outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 1119% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1965 | 220 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Apple M3 |
| Power efficiency | 11.91 | 27.93 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 30 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core 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) | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 14 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.748 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.06 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | 92000 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core 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 | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 78 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 | Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.96 | 23.89 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 30 October 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 14 |
| Threads | 2 | 14 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 78 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has 420% lower power consumption.
Apple M3 Max 14-Core, on the other hand, has a 1118.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 600% more physical cores and 600% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Apple M3 Max 14-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Apple M3 Max 14-Core, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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