Athlon Silver 3050U vs FX-9830P
Aggregate performance score
FX-9830P outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1789 | 1875 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Dali (Zen) |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Current price | $749 | $471 |
Detailed specifications
FX-9830P 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on FX-9830P 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.
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25-45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8 | 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 | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
FX-9830P outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 11% based on our aggregate 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%
FX-9830P outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 11% 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%
Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms FX-9830P by 27% 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%
FX-9830P outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by 13% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.14 | 1.93 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 7 January 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 15 Watt |
The FX-9830P is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between FX-9830P and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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