Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 955 by a whopping 527% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1979 | 3112 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.86 | 0.22 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 27 December 2005 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3.466 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 0.47 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. 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 Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
| 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 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955.
| 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 | 1.88 | 0.30 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 27 December 2005 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has a 526.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.
Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Extreme Edition 955 in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Pentium Extreme Edition 955 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Pentium Extreme Edition 955, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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