AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs AMD A10-6790K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and AMD A10-6790K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 74°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2016 vs 1554
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4545 vs 3081
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 vs October 2013
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 74°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2016 vs 1554
PassMark - CPU mark 4545 vs 3081

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-6790K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
CPU 2: AMD A10-6790K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2016
1554
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4545
3081
Name AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE AMD A10-6790K
PassMark - Single thread mark 2016 1554
PassMark - CPU mark 4545 3081
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 527
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 16.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 71.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2797
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5588
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2797
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5588

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE AMD A10-6790K

Essentials

Architecture codename Dali Richland
Launch date 21 Jul 2020 October 2013
OPN Tray YD305GC6M2OFH AD679KWOA44HL
Place in performance rating 1260 1258
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD679KWOHLBOX
Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz 4 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 74°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1100 MHz
iGPU core count 3 384
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 844 MHz
Number of pipelines 384
Processor graphics AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 100 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
PowerGating
PowerNow
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics API support

DirectX 11