Athlon Silver 3050U vs Pentium G4400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G4400
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 54 Watt
1.67
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.93
+15.6%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium G4400 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking19741871
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.61no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Dali (Zen)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data
Current price$66 (1x MSRP)$471

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G4400 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size150 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4400 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1151FP5
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2DDR4-2400 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++
FMAno data+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Pentium G4400 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-no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 510AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
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 Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno 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 Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4400 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.

Pentium G4400 1.67
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.93
+15.6%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium G4400 by 16% 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%

Pentium G4400 2582
Athlon Silver 3050U 2989
+15.8%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium G4400 by 16% 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%

Pentium G4400 692
Athlon Silver 3050U 771
+11.4%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium G4400 by 11% 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%

Pentium G4400 1182
Athlon Silver 3050U 1349
+14.1%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Pentium G4400 by 14% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.67 1.93
Recency 1 September 2015 7 January 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 15 Watt

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4400 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G4400 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G4400 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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