AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Intel Core i5-655K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and Intel Core i5-655K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

Intel Core i5-655K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 73 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2016 vs 1446
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4545 vs 2017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs May 2010
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 73 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016 vs 1446
PassMark - CPU mark	4545 vs 2017

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-655K

Around 2% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-655K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2016

1446

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4545

2017

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i5-655K
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016	1446
PassMark - CPU mark	4545	2017
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2510
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4869

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i5-655K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dali	Clarkdale
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	May 2010
OPN Tray	YD305GC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1160	1140
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$59.99
Processor Number		i5-655K
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		16.69
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	72.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.46 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size		81 mm2
Transistor count		382 million
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR3 1066/1333
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.38 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	733 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		2
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)