AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and AMD PRO A6-8550B 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, 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).

AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2016 vs 1631
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4545 vs 1882

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4545 vs 1882

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8550B

Around 18% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2016

1631

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4545

1882

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	4545	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	AMD PRO A6-8550B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dali
Launch date	21 Jul 2020
OPN Tray	YD305GC6M2OFH	AD855BYBI23JC
Place in performance rating	1261	1278
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	71.30°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
Compute Cores		6
Number of GPU cores		4
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3	256
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
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	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan