Ultra 5 236V vs Athlon Silver 3050e

Place in the ranking	1997	555
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	29.03	74.98
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	1 June 2020 (4 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V 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	4	8
Base clock speed	1.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	no data	37 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V 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	Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V 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 Ultra 5 236V 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 Ultra 5 236V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Arc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.85	13.54
Recency	1 June 2020	24 September 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	17 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050e has 183.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 236V, on the other hand, has a 631.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 5 236V is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050e and Core Ultra 5 236V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.