AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i5-8279U
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Core i5-8279U 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
- Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 28 Watt |
Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8279U
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
- Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
- Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
- Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2297 vs 1706
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7458 vs 3003
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 8 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 4.10 GHz vs 3.2 GHz |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C vs 95 °C |
L3 cache | 6 MB vs 4 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 2297 vs 1706 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 7458 vs 3003 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8279U
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon Silver 3050U | Intel Core i5-8279U |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1706 | 2297 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3003 | 7458 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1043 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 3981 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U | Intel Core i5-8279U | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen | Coffee Lake |
Launch date | 6 Jan 2020 | Q2'19 |
OPN Tray | YM3050C4T2OFG | |
Place in performance rating | 1414 | 1272 |
Processor Number | 3050U | i5-8279U |
Vertical segment | Mobile | Mobile |
Launch price (MSRP) | $320 | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.3 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
L1 cache | 192 KB | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 100 °C |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz | 4.10 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 2 | |
Number of threads | 2 | 8 |
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64 bit support | ||
Bus Speed | 4 GT/s OPI | |
Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 35.76 GB/s | 37.5 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
DVI | ||
eDP | ||
Number of displays supported | 3 | |
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Configurable TDP | 12-25 Watt | |
Sockets supported | FP5 | FCBGA1528 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 28 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 12 | 16 |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCIe configurations | 1x8+1x4 | 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1, 4x1 |
Graphics |
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Device ID | 0x3EA5 | |
eDRAM | 128 MB | |
Graphics base frequency | 300 MHz | |
Graphics max dynamic frequency | 1.15 GHz | |
Intel® Clear Video HD technology | ||
Intel® Clear Video technology | ||
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology | ||
Intel® Quick Sync Video | ||
Max video memory | 32 GB | |
Processor graphics | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 | |
Graphics image quality |
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4K resolution support | ||
Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | |
Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | |
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@30Hz | |
Security & Reliability |
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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) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology | ||
Idle States | ||
Intel 64 | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Intel® Flex Memory Access | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Intel® My WiFi technology | ||
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported | ||
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) | ||
Intel® TSX-NI | ||
Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
Speed Shift technology | ||
Thermal Monitoring | ||
Virtualization |
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Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) |