AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium 4417U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Pentium 4417U 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).

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Pentium 4417U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1702 vs 1318
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2995 vs 2270

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702 vs 1318
PassMark - CPU mark	2995 vs 2270

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4417U

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C

Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4417U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1702

1318

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2995

2270

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium 4417U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702	1318
PassMark - CPU mark	2995	2270
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		511
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1167
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		863
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3250
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2740
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		863
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3250
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2740

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium 4417U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Kaby Lake R
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q1'19
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1418	1380
Processor Number	3050U	4417U
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor 4000 Series
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	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	2
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
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	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	12-25 Watt
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12.5 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		42mm X 24mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Graphics
Device ID		0x5906
Execution Units		12
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 610
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® 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 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)