AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later

Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 8 April 2019

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
2x 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
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1949 vs 1704
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6986 vs 3000

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1949 vs 1704
PassMark - CPU mark	6986 vs 3000

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1704

1949

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3000

6986

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1704	1949
PassMark - CPU mark	3000	6986
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2529

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen+
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	8 April 2019
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG	YM350BC4T4MFG
Place in performance rating	1419	1620
Processor Number	3050U	PRO 3500U
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Family		Ryzen 5
Series		3000
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count		4940 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4
Graphics
Execution Units		8
Graphics base frequency		1200 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Number of pipelines		512
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)