Athlon Silver 3050U vs m3-8100Y
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core m3-8100Y by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2224 | 2183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.87 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Core m3 | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 13.20 | 4.72 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 30 August 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $281 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core m3-8100Y 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 | 1.1 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core m3-8100Y 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 | FCBGA1515 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core m3-8100Y 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, Intel® AVX2 | 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 | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| My WiFi | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Smart Response | + | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Core m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core m3-8100Y 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 m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 33.3 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 615 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) |
| Max video memory | 16 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 900 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DVI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 3840x2160@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 3840x2160@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core m3-8100Y and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 10 | 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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.65 | 1.77 |
| Recency | 30 August 2018 | 6 January 2020 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 15 Watt |
m3-8100Y has 100% more threads, and 200% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has a 7.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Core m3-8100Y and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U.
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