Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Core i5-3570S

General info

Comparing Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1530	1540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.51	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Dali (2020)
Release date	1 June 2012 (11 years ago)	21 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$285	no data
Current price	$221 (0.8x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Die size	133 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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	FCLGA1155	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-3570S and Athlon Silver 3050GE.

PCIe version

3.0

4.0

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.

Core i5-3570S outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	2.99	2.94
Integrated graphics card	0.68	2.97
Recency	1 June 2012	21 July 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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