Processor N95 vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Processor N95 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by an impressive 60% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1860 | 1534 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Intel Alder Lake-N |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) | Alder Lake-N |
| Release date | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Current price | $471 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 44 x 3.4 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95 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 | Intel BGA 1264 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR4-2400 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, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4, DDR5 |
| 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 | + | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 | Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N95.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.94 | 3.10 |
| Recency | 7 January 2020 | 3 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 44 x 3.4 GHz Intel Crestmont E-Core |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
The Processor N95 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 Processor N95, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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