AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Core i7-4712MQ 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, 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), 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
- CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Launch date | 6 Jan 2020 vs 14 April 2014 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 22 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 37 Watt |
Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4712MQ
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
- Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
- Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
- Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1809 vs 1702
- Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5325 vs 2992
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 8 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 3.30 GHz vs 3.2 GHz |
Maximum core temperature | 100°C vs 95 °C |
L1 cache | 256 KB vs 192 KB |
L3 cache | 6 MB vs 4 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1809 vs 1702 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 5325 vs 2992 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4712MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon Silver 3050U | Intel Core i7-4712MQ |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1702 | 1809 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2992 | 5325 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 738 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 2636 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.209 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 68.752 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.37 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 3.147 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 11.044 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1180 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3489 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1180 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3489 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U | Intel Core i7-4712MQ | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen | Haswell |
Launch date | 6 Jan 2020 | 14 April 2014 |
OPN Tray | YM3050C4T2OFG | |
Place in performance rating | 1515 | 1507 |
Processor Number | 3050U | i7-4712MQ |
Vertical segment | Mobile | Mobile |
Launch price (MSRP) | $378 | |
Series | 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors | |
Status | Launched | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.3 GHz | 2.30 GHz |
L1 cache | 192 KB | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 22 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 100°C |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.30 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 2 | |
Number of threads | 2 | 8 |
Unlocked | ||
64 bit support | ||
Bus Speed | 5 GT/s DMI2 | |
Die size | 177 mm | |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 100 °C | |
Transistor count | 1400 Million | |
Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 35.76 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3L 1333/1600 |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
eDP | ||
Number of displays supported | 3 | |
VGA | ||
Wireless Display (WiDi) support | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 11.2/12 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Configurable TDP | 12-25 Watt | |
Sockets supported | FP5 | FCPGA946 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 37 Watt |
Low Halogen Options Available | ||
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Package Size | 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 12 | 16 |
PCI Express revision | 3.0 | 3 |
PCIe configurations | 1x8+1x4 | 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4 |
Graphics |
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Device ID | 0x416 | |
Graphics base frequency | 400 MHz | |
Graphics max dynamic frequency | 1.15 GHz | |
Graphics max frequency | 1.15 GHz | |
Intel® Clear Video HD technology | ||
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) | ||
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology | ||
Intel® Quick Sync Video | ||
Max video memory | 2 GB | |
Processor graphics | Intel® HD Graphics 4600 | |
Graphics image quality |
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Max resolution over DisplayPort | 3840x2160@60Hz | |
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 3840x2160@60Hz | |
Max resolution over VGA | 2880x1800@60Hz | |
Security & Reliability |
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Anti-Theft technology | ||
Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
Intel® Identity Protection technology | ||
Intel® Secure Key technology | ||
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology | ||
Flexible Display interface (FDI) | ||
Idle States | ||
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
Intel 64 | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Intel® TSX-NI | ||
Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
Thermal Monitoring | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) |