i3-1000NG4 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
Core i3-1000NG4
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 9 Watt
2.23
+18.6%

Core i3-1000NG4 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19861837
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Ice Lake
Power efficiency11.8623.45
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Ice Lake-Y (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)18 March 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 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
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1044
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4. 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, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 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 i3-1000NG4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR4-3733
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s58.3 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno dataYes, at 120Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i3-1000NG4.

PCIe version3.03.0
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 Silver 3050U 1.88
i3-1000NG4 2.23
+18.6%

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 2985
i3-1000NG4 3545
+18.8%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Silver 3050U 773
i3-1000NG4 1259
+62.9%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Silver 3050U 1345
i3-1000NG4 2280
+69.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Silver 3050U 1429
i3-1000NG4 2028
+41.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 2.23
Recency 6 January 2020 18 March 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 9 Watt

i3-1000NG4 has a 18.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, 100% more threads, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-1000NG4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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