Intel Core i5-L16G7 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

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Combined performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
1.96

Core i5-L16G7 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 14% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18181700
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Ice Lake
Architecture codenameDali (Zen)Lakefield (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years old)28 May 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281
Current price$471 no data

Technical specs

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads25
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 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
SocketFP5FC-CSP1016
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, 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
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
SIPPno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data-
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
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 i5-L16G7. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4LPDDR4X-4267
Maximum memory size32 GB8 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s34 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 2Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz
Execution Unitsno data64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDX12
OpenGLno dataOpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core i5-L16G7.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes126

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 1.96
i5-L16G7 2.24
+14.3%

Core i5-L16G7 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 14% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon Silver 3050U 3003
i5-L16G7 3440
+14.6%

Core i5-L16G7 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 15% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon Silver 3050U 771
+26.8%
i5-L16G7 608

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-L16G7 by 27% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon Silver 3050U 1349
+15.9%
i5-L16G7 1164

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-L16G7 by 16% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.96 2.24
Recency 6 January 2020 28 May 2020
Physical cores 2 5
Threads 2 5
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

The Core i5-L16G7 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 Core i5-L16G7, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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