Athlon Silver 3050U vs Atom x5-Z8350

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2711	1874
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	5x Intel Atom	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2016)	Dali (Zen)
Release date	8 February 2016 (8 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$165	$471

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.44 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.92 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	UTFCBGA592	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
SIPP	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	4 GB	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Max video memory	2 GB	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

1920x1080

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	1	12
USB revision	3.0	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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 3050U outperforms Atom x5-Z8350 by 233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	1.93
Recency	8 February 2016	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2

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