Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U vs Athlon Silver 3050e
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 748% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1887 | 381 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) | Hawk Point |
| Release date | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 16 April 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 178 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 | + | no data |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U. 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 Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 780M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by 748% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by 748% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.91 | 16.19 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 18.33 |
| Recency | 1 June 2020 | 16 April 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 28 Watt |
The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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