AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i5-5257U

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Combined performance score

i5-5257U
1.83

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-5257U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18701818
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codenameBroadwell-U (2015)Dali (Zen)
Release date1 March 2015 (9 years old)6 January 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$315no data
Current price$761 (2.4x MSRP)$471

Technical specs

Core i5-5257U 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 speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size133 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1900 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-5257U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1168FP5
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2DDR4-2400 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++
FMAno data+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP-no data
Smart Response+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U 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
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Graphics 6100AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.42560X1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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.

i5-5257U 1.83
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.96
+7.1%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-5257U by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-5257U 2807
Athlon Silver 3050U 3003
+7%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-5257U by 7% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-5257U 897
+16.3%
Athlon Silver 3050U 771

Core i5-5257U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 16% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-5257U 1713
+27%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1349

Core i5-5257U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 27% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.83 1.96
Integrated graphics card 2.03
Recency 1 March 2015 6 January 2020
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i5-5257U and Athlon Silver 3050U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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