Xeon E7-8895 v2 vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E7-8895 v2 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 1806% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1966 | 99 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.91 | 21.97 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | no data |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 1 January 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2 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) | 15 (Pentadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 30 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 37.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 67 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2 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 | 8 |
| Socket | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 155 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2. 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 | Intel® AVX |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 1.5 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 85 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 32 |
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 | 1.96 | 37.35 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 1 January 2014 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 15 |
| Threads | 2 | 30 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 155 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has an age advantage of 6 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 933.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon E7-8895 v2, on the other hand, has a 1805.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 650% more physical cores and 1400% more threads.
The Xeon E7-8895 v2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-8895 v2 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon E7-8895 v2, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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