Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 7 3700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 3700X
2019, $329
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
12.72
+653%

Ryzen 7 3700X outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 653% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6622261
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation15.24no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency20.98no data
DesignerAMDAMD
ManufacturerTSMCno data
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date7 July 2019 (6 years ago)1 June 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700X 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache32 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt1 MB + 4 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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 7 3700X and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700X and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Ryzen 7 3700X 12.72
+653%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.69

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 7 3700X 22431
+653%
Samples: 24405
Athlon Silver 3050e 2979
Samples: 62

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 7 3700X 1672
+140%
Athlon Silver 3050e 697

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 7 3700X 8078
+519%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1305

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 7 3700X 5839
+74.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 3339

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 7 3700X 40439
+496%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6780

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 7 3700X 3.71
+412%
Athlon Silver 3050e 18.99

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 7 3700X 23
+824%
Athlon Silver 3050e 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 3700X 2092
+824%
Athlon Silver 3050e 227

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 3700X 204
+100%
Athlon Silver 3050e 102

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 7 3700X 11.4
+777%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.3

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 3700X 2.3
+94.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.18

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 7 3700X 115
+733%
Athlon Silver 3050e 14

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 7 3700X 270
+284%
Athlon Silver 3050e 70

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 7 3700X 7503
+435%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1403

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 3700X 8960
+665%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1172

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 3700X 5333
+111%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2525

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 3700X 57307
+763%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6642

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 3700X 181
Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+1167%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 3700X 1304
+119%
Athlon Silver 3050e 595

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.72 1.69
Recency 7 July 2019 1 June 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 1 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700X has a 652.7% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 6400% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 7 3700X is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 3700X is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.

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