Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1966 | 1003 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) |
| Power efficiency | 11.91 | 43.77 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 16 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | 26 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 180 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | 10,700 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. 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 | PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| 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 Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 8 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.96 | 7.20 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 16 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U has a 267.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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