AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Pentium Silver J5040 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.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1696 vs 1347

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1696 vs 1347

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver J5040

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3258 vs 2964

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3258 vs 2964

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Silver J5040

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1696

1347

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2964

3258

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
PassMark - Single thread mark	1696	1347
PassMark - CPU mark	2964	3258

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Gemini Lake Refresh
Launch date	6 Jan 2020	Q4'19
OPN Tray	YM3050C4T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1525	1842
Processor Number	3050U	J5040
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Series		Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.3 GHz	2.00 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	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	2
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
eDP
MIPI-DSI
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	FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		25mm x 24mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12	6
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x8+1x4	1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless		Intel Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		8
Total number of SATA ports		2
UART
USB revision		2.0/3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x3184
Execution Units		18
Graphics base frequency		250 MHz
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
Max video memory		8 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics 605
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2160@30Hz
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
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)