Athlon Silver 3050U vs i5-520E

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-520E and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1968
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data11.90
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$210no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-520E 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier1823
L1 cache128 KB192 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache3 MB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors382 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-520E 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
Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-520E 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

Core i5-520E 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 Core i5-520E 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 Core i5-520E and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-520E and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2010 6 January 2020
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i5-520E has 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

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