AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Core i5-6500TE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-6500TE

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1823 vs 1706
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4724 vs 3003
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1823 vs 1706
PassMark - CPU mark 4724 vs 3003

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-6500TE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1706
1823
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3003
4724
Name AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Intel Core i5-6500TE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1706 1823
PassMark - CPU mark 3003 4724
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 741
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3985
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7031
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3985
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7031

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Intel Core i5-6500TE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Skylake
Launch date 6 Jan 2020 Q4'15
OPN Tray YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating 1420 742
Processor Number 3050U i5-6500TE
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 2
Number of threads 2 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x8+1x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x1912
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)