Athlon Silver 3050U vs i5-8300H

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-8300H
2018
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.68
+149%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Core i5-8300H outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 149% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12861986
Place by popularity82not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency9.8411.86
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-H (2018−2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$250no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8300H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2323
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8300H 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
SocketFCBGA1440FP5
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8300H 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® AVX2MMX, 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
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i5-8300H 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
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8300H 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 i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8300H and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

i5-8300H 4.68
+149%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88

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.

i5-8300H 7437
+149%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2983

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.

i5-8300H 1276
+64.9%
Athlon Silver 3050U 774

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.

i5-8300H 3755
+179%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1346

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-8300H 3270
+129%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1429

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.68 1.88
Recency 2 April 2018 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

i5-8300H has a 148.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-8300H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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