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.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

AMD Phenom II X2 N640

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	1779
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
Unlocked
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™)