AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 Pentium Gold 4415Y

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 100% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 16 GB
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1702 vs 874
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2995 vs 1592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 21 April 2017
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702 vs 874
PassMark - CPU mark	2995 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1702

874

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2995

1592

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702	874
PassMark - CPU mark	2995	1592
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		368
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		201.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.298
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.529
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Kaby Lake
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	21 April 2017
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1418	1406
Processor Number	3050U	4415Y
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor 4000 Series
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	1.60 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	1.6 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 QPI
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	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	FCBGA1515
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		4.5 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		20mm X 16.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	10
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Graphics
Device ID		0x591E
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		850 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		16 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 615
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 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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
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)