Athlon Silver 3050U vs Ryzen 5 5560U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5560U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.56
+409%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Ryzen 5 5560U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 409% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5560U and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7991987
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRyzen 5AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency60.3211.86
Architecture codenameCezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 December 2021 (3 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5560U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors10,700 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5560U 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
SocketFP6FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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 5 5560U and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4267DDR4
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 card
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AMD Radeon GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5560U and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes812

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.

Ryzen 5 5560U 9.56
+409%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88

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.

Ryzen 5 5560U 15188
+409%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2984

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.

Ryzen 5 5560U 1673
+116%
Athlon Silver 3050U 774

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.

Ryzen 5 5560U 6323
+369%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1347

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 5560U 5955
+317%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1429

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.56 1.88
Recency 1 December 2021 6 January 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 5 5560U has a 408.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 5560U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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