Xeon Silver 4310 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
Xeon Silver 4310
2021
12 cores / 24 threads, 120 Watt
14.01
+645%

Xeon Silver 4310 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 645% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1987530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency11.8611.05
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310 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 cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data82 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310 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 configurationno data2
SocketFP5FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size32 GB6 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1264

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88
Xeon Silver 4310 14.01
+645%

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 2983
Xeon Silver 4310 22250
+646%

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 774
Xeon Silver 4310 1230
+58.9%

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 1346
Xeon Silver 4310 7821
+481%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 14.01
Recency 6 January 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has 700% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4310, on the other hand, has a 645.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Silver 4310 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 Silver 4310 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Xeon Silver 4310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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