Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 5 8600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	416	1988
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	47.90	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	23.24	29.18
Architecture codename	Phoenix (2023−2024)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)	1 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e 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	12	4
Base clock speed	4.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	4 nm	14 nm
Die size	178 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	25,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e 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	AM5	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon 760M

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	15.96	1.85
Integrated graphics card	14.90	2.98
Recency	8 January 2024	1 June 2020
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	4 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

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