Ryzen 9 6980HX vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1874	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Release date	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	$471	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	5 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX 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	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX. 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	DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	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.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 9 6980HX.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

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