Athlon Silver 3050U vs Core i5-560M

Place in performance ranking	2223	1860
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Dali (Zen)
Release date	26 September 2010 (13 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$225	no data
Current price	$56 (0.2x MSRP)	$471

Detailed specifications

Core i5-560M 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus support	2500 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-560M 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	BGA1288,PGA988	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	DDR4-2400 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	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	766 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-560M and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

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.

i5-560M 1.23

Athlon Silver 3050U 1.94
+57.7%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-560M by 58% based on our aggregated 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%

i5-560M 1907

Athlon Silver 3050U 2997
+57.2%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-560M by 57% 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%

i5-560M 400

Athlon Silver 3050U 772
+93%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-560M by 93% 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%

i5-560M 757

Athlon Silver 3050U 1351
+78.5%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i5-560M by 78% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.