AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i7-9850H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Core i7-9850H 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.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Core i7-9850H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 23 April 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9850H

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
10 more threads: 12 vs 2
Around 44% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95 °C
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
4x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 32 GB
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2500 vs 1704
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11125 vs 2999

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95 °C
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB vs 4 MB
Maximum memory size	128 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2500 vs 1704
PassMark - CPU mark	11125 vs 2999

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-9850H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1704

2500

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2999

11125

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i7-9850H
PassMark - Single thread mark	1704	2500
PassMark - CPU mark	2999	11125
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1108
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i7-9850H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Coffee Lake
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	23 April 2019
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1415	1123
Processor Number	3050U	i7-9850H
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Family		Core i7
Launch price (MSRP)		$395
Series		i7-9000
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	4.60 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of GPU cores	2
Number of threads	2	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	41.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
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	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Graphics
Device ID		0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency		350 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		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics 630
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@30Hz
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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
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® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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)