AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs AMD Phenom II X2 N640

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and AMD Phenom II X2 N640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • 5.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1447 vs 1039
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2939 vs 965
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Jun 2020 vs 1 October 2010
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1447 vs 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 2939 vs 965

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 N640

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • Around 33% 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
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 N640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1447
1039
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2939
965
Name AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Phenom II X2 N640
PassMark - Single thread mark 1447 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 2939 965
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2863

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Phenom II X2 N640

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Champlain
Launch date 1 Jun 2020 1 October 2010
OPN Tray YM3050C7T2OFG HMN640DCR23GM
Place in performance rating 1741 1778
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Phenom
Series AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processors

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 2
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C
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Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4-2400

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1000 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Number of pipelines 192

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Compatibility

Sockets supported FT5 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)