7 160HL vs Athlon Silver 3050e
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2002 | not rated |
| 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 | 29.18 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Raptor Lake-PS (2024) |
| Release date | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 8 April 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL 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) | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 24 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL 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 | 1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL. 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 | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4, DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2020 | 8 April 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 14 |
| Threads | 4 | 20 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 45 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050e has 650% lower power consumption.
7 160HL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 600% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook processor while Core 7 160HL is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050e and Core 7 160HL, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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