Athlon Silver 3050U vs Atom x7-E3950

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-E3950
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.16
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.86
+60.3%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Atom x7-E3950 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23912007
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series7x Intel AtomAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency9.2111.82
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date30 August 2014 (10 years ago)6 January 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$57no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-E3950 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache56K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature110 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)103 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-E3950 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketIntel BGA 1296FP5
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 505 (500 - 650 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes412

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.

Atom x7-E3950 1.16
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.86
+60.3%

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.

Atom x7-E3950 1864
Athlon Silver 3050U 2979
+59.8%

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.

Atom x7-E3950 231
Athlon Silver 3050U 774
+235%

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.

Atom x7-E3950 718
Athlon Silver 3050U 1349
+87.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.16 1.86
Recency 30 August 2014 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Atom x7-E3950 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-E3950 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7-E3950 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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