i5-11400F vs Athlon Silver 3050e

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.89
Core i5-11400F
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
10.93
+478%

Core i5-11400F outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 478% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1985722
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data37.77
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)no data
Power efficiency29.2615.62
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release date1 June 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$157

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data276 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F 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
SocketFP5FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data50 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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 1.89
i5-11400F 10.93
+478%

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
i5-11400F 17030
+479%

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 3050e 713
i5-11400F 1979
+178%

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 3050e 1364
i5-11400F 7617
+458%

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
i5-11400F 6210
+86%

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
i5-11400F 44220
+552%

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
i5-11400F 4.09
+364%

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
i5-11400F 18
+603%

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
i5-11400F 1574
+595%

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
i5-11400F 210
+106%

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
i5-11400F 2.23
+89%

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
i5-11400F 8.7
+569%

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
i5-11400F 92
+563%

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
i5-11400F 258
+268%

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
i5-11400F 7147
+409%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 1172
i5-11400F 7681
+555%

Blender(-)

Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+692%
i5-11400F 290

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 595
i5-11400F 1575
+165%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Silver 3050e 2525
i5-11400F 5466
+117%

7-Zip

Athlon Silver 3050e 6642
i5-11400F 41522
+525%

WebXPRT 3

Athlon Silver 3050e 99
i5-11400F 255
+159%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.89 10.93
Recency 1 June 2020 16 March 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050e has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i5-11400F, on the other hand, has a 478.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-11400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook processor while Core i5-11400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050e and Core i5-11400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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