AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Intel Core i7-7800X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and Intel Core i7-7800X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

Intel Core i7-7800X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 140 Watt

Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs June 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 140 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-7800X

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2393 vs 2016
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12882 vs 4545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	8448 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2393 vs 2016
PassMark - CPU mark	12882 vs 4545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-7800X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2016

2393

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4545

12882

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-7800X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016	2393
PassMark - CPU mark	4545	12882
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1109
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6640
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		6534

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-7800X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dali	Skylake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	June 2017
OPN Tray	YD305GC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1159	1138
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$416
Price now		$378.99
Processor Number		i7-7800X
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		11.29
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.50 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8448 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		28
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)