Athlon Silver 3050GE vs FX-9590

Primary details

Comparing FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	977	1577
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.20	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Dali (2020)
Release date	6 July 2013 (10 years ago)	21 July 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$256	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96K (per core)
L2 cache	8192 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	315 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	57 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.375 V - Max: 1.5375 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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	1
Socket	AM3+	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4-2933

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9590 and Athlon Silver 3050GE.

PCIe version

n/a

4.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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-9590 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by 124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.59	2.94
Recency	6 July 2013	21 July 2020
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	35 Watt

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