AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.3 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
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1702 vs 1322
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2995 vs 2273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jan 2020 vs 23 January 2019
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702 vs 1322
PassMark - CPU mark	2995 vs 2273

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

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 Gold 5405U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1702

1322

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2995

2273

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1702	1322
PassMark - CPU mark	2995	2273
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3998
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3998

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Whiskey Lake
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	23 January 2019
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1419	1265
Processor Number	3050U	5405U
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Series		Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.30 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	2.3 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	37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866
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	12.5 W
Sockets supported	FP5	FCBGA1528
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		46x24
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Graphics
Device ID		0x3EA1
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Graphics max frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD 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® Identity Protection technology
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
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)