Athlon Silver 3050U vs Ryzen 3 3300
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1966 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.91 |
| Architecture codename | Zen 2 (2017−2020) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | March 2019 (5 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 3300 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4800 million | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 3300 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | 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 | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 3 3300 has 200% more physical cores, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Ryzen 3 3300 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3300 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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