Athlon Silver 3050e vs FX-8300

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Aggregate performance score

FX-8300
2012
8 cores / 8 threads, 95 Watt
3.36
+81.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

FX-8300 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by an impressive 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15772001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency3.3529.18
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.3 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache8192 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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
SocketAM3+FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe versionn/ano data

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.

FX-8300 3.36
+81.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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.

FX-8300 5339
+81.7%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

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.

FX-8300 457
Athlon Silver 3050e 706
+54.5%

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.

FX-8300 1721
+26.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1359

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.36 1.85
Recency 23 October 2012 1 June 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

FX-8300 has a 81.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The FX-8300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Note that FX-8300 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between FX-8300 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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