i3-N300 vs Athlon Silver 3050e

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85
Core i3-N300
2023
8 cores / 8 threads, 7 Watt
5.35
+189%

Core i3-N300 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 189% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20011178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)no data
Power efficiency29.1872.33
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date1 June 2020 (4 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$309

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.4 GHz0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache192 KB96 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per module)
L3 cache4 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300 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 data1
SocketFP5Intel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake) ( - 1250 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i3-N300.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data9

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 3050e 1.85
i3-N300 5.35
+189%

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 3050e 2939
i3-N300 8497
+189%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon Silver 3050e 3339
+15.8%
i3-N300 2884

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon Silver 3050e 6780
i3-N300 12014
+77.2%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon Silver 3050e 18.99
i3-N300 17.49
+8.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon Silver 3050e 3
i3-N300 5
+112%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e 227
i3-N300 416
+83.7%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Athlon Silver 3050e 102
+20%
i3-N300 85

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Athlon Silver 3050e 1.18
+15.7%
i3-N300 1.02

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Athlon Silver 3050e 1.3
i3-N300 2.6
+100%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Athlon Silver 3050e 1403
i3-N300 1915
+36.5%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Athlon Silver 3050e 14
i3-N300 29
+109%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Athlon Silver 3050e 70
i3-N300 107
+52.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 1172
i3-N300 2674
+128%

Blender(-)

Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+110%
i3-N300 1095

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 595
i3-N300 626
+5.3%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Silver 3050e 2525
+5.1%
i3-N300 2403

7-Zip

Athlon Silver 3050e 6642
i3-N300 11976
+80.3%

WebXPRT 3

Athlon Silver 3050e 99
i3-N300 104
+5.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.85 5.35
Integrated graphics card 2.98 3.29
Recency 1 June 2020 3 January 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 7 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050e has 16.7% lower power consumption.

i3-N300, on the other hand, has a 189.2% higher aggregate performance score, 10.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-N300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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