Athlon Silver 3050U vs Phenom II X2 N640

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X2 N640
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.94
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.96
+109%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Phenom II X2 N640 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 N640 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25231966
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Phenom IIAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency2.4511.91
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 October 2010 (14 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 N640 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 speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 N640 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.

SocketS1FP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VurtualizationMMX, 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-+
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Phenom II X2 N640 0.94
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.96
+109%

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.

Phenom II X2 N640 342
Athlon Silver 3050U 773
+126%

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.

Phenom II X2 N640 623
Athlon Silver 3050U 1345
+116%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.94 1.96
Recency 1 October 2010 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has a 108.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X2 N640 in performance tests.


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