AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Intel Core i9-7920X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and Intel Core i9-7920X 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, 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

Intel Core i9-7920X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 140 Watt

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

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-7920X

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 2
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
Around 26% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2506 vs 2016
5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23616 vs 4545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 2
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.30 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	14336 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2506 vs 2016
PassMark - CPU mark	23616 vs 4545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-7920X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2016

2506

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4545

23616

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i9-7920X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2016	2506
PassMark - CPU mark	4545	23616
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1115
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		11596
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		10240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		69.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.723

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i9-7920X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dali	Skylake
Launch date	21 Jul 2020	September 2017
OPN Tray	YD305GC6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1159	1145
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,200
Price now		$1,019.99
Processor Number		i9-7920X
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		6.71
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.90 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	14336 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	4.30 GHz
Number of cores	2	12
Number of threads	4	24
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	DDR4-2666
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		44
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)