Ryzen 9 7900X vs Athlon Silver 3050e

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.92
Ryzen 9 7900X
2022
12 cores / 24 threads, 170 Watt
33.88
+1665%

Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 1665% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1966119
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)no data
Power efficiency29.1218.14
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release date1 June 2020 (4 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads424
Base clock speed1.4 GHz4.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz5.6 GHz
L1 cache192 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data2x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data47 °C
Number of transistorsno dataCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X 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
SocketFP5AM5
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X. 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, SME5 nm (CCD), 6 nm (I/O) nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

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 1.92
Ryzen 9 7900X 33.88
+1665%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 51739
+1660%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 2958
+315%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 17973
+1218%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 8623
+158%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 68580
+911%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 1.8
+955%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 55
+2078%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 4821
+2028%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 323
+217%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 3.83
+225%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 14.8
+1038%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 17225
+1128%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 241
+1646%

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
Ryzen 9 7900X 376
+436%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.92 33.88
Integrated graphics card 2.98 4.34
Recency 1 June 2020 27 September 2022
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 4 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 170 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050e has 2733.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 7900X, on the other hand, has a 1664.6% higher aggregate performance score, 45.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 9 7900X 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 9 7900X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 9 7900X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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