AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and AMD Ryzen 5 3550H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	1 Jun 2020 vs 6 January 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 32% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
2x 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
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2022 vs 1427
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7754 vs 2890

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2022 vs 1427
PassMark - CPU mark	7754 vs 2890

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1427

2022

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2890

7754

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
PassMark - Single thread mark	1427	2022
PassMark - CPU mark	2890	7754
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		770
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2828
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		1841

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen+
Launch date	1 Jun 2020	6 January 2019
OPN Tray	YM3050C7T2OFG	YM3500C4T4MFG
Place in performance rating	1760	1803
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3	8
Number of threads	4	8
Compute Cores		12
Maximum core temperature		105°C
Transistor count		4500 Million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3	8
Number of pipelines	192
Graphics max frequency		1200 MHz
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FT5	FP5
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
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics API support
DirectX		12