A6-7470K vs Athlon Silver 3050e
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050e outperforms A6-7470K by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2260 | 2673 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.68 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Godaveri (2014−2016) |
| Release date | 1 June 2020 (5 years ago) | 2 February 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1024 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 245 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 71 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,411 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K 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 | FM2+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB + 4 MB | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| FreeSync | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3-2133 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) | AMD Radeon R5 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 4 |
| จำนวนพาธไลน์ | no data | 256 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and A6-7470K.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.69 | 1.02 |
| Recency | 1 June 2020 | 2 February 2016 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050e has a 65.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 6400% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-7470K in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook processor while A6-7470K is a desktop one.
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