Ultra 7 165H vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
Core Ultra 7 165H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 28 Watt
16.56
+781%

Core Ultra 7 165H outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1971390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency11.8655.97
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$460

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads222
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C110 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size32 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22
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 2Intel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.3 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 165H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes128
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

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 Silver 3050U 1.88
Ultra 7 165H 16.56
+781%

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 Silver 3050U 2993
Ultra 7 165H 26299
+779%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Silver 3050U 1429
Ultra 7 165H 12052
+743%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 16.56
Recency 6 January 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 22
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has 86.7% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 165H, on the other hand, has a 780.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

The Core Ultra 7 165H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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