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).

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Core i7-4712MQ

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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1813 vs 1701
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5360 vs 2983

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	1813 vs 1701
PassMark - CPU mark	5360 vs 2983

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4712MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1701

1813

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2983

5360

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i7-4712MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1701	1813
PassMark - CPU mark	2983	5360
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
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Haswell
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	14 April 2014
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1513	1506
Processor Number	3050U	i7-4712MQ
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$378
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
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
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
DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Vulkan
Compatibility
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
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Graphics
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
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
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
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)