Athlon Silver 3050e vs Xeon E5-1620 v3

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-1620 v3
2014
4 cores / 8 threads, 140 Watt
4.40
+138%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Xeon E5-1620 v3 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13462001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency2.9729.18
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1620 v3 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.5 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate0 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache10 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 v3 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA2011FP5
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2MMX, 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no 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.


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.

Xeon E5-1620 v3 4.40
+138%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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.

Xeon E5-1620 v3 6992
+138%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

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.

Xeon E5-1620 v3 1101
+55.9%
Athlon Silver 3050e 706

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.

Xeon E5-1620 v3 3903
+187%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1359

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.40 1.85
Recency 8 September 2014 1 June 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E5-1620 v3 has a 137.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 2233.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-1620 v3 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-1620 v3 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-1620 v3 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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