AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Core i3-8121U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and Intel Core i3-8121U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Intel Core i3-8121U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
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
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Launch date	1 Jun 2020 vs 2 April 2018
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8121U

Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1944 vs 1447
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4391 vs 2939

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1944 vs 1447
PassMark - CPU mark	4391 vs 2939

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8121U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1447

1944

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2939

4391

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Core i3-8121U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1447	1944
PassMark - CPU mark	2939	4391
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		829
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1948

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Core i3-8121U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Cannon-Lake 2+0
Launch date	1 Jun 2020	2 April 2018
OPN Tray	YM3050C7T2OFG
Place in performance rating	1741	1732
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series		Intel Core i3
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	3.1 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Die size		123 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FT5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)