Athlon Silver 10 vs 3 N350
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1469 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 26.21 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Twin Lake (2024−2025) | Mendocino (2025) |
| Release date | 7 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 1 October 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 0.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA1264 | FT6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
Security technologies
Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® Graphics | AMD Radeon 610M |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.35 GHz | no data |
| Execution Units | 32 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2160@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096 x 2160@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 3 N350 and Athlon Silver 10.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | 4 |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.2 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2025 | 1 October 2025 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 15 Watt |
3 N350 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 114.3% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 10, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months.
We couldn't decide between Intel Core 3 N350 and AMD Athlon Silver 10. We've got no test results to judge.
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