Athlon Silver 3050U vs Phenom II X2 X640 BE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Phenom II X2 X640 BE by an impressive 87% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2698 | 2209 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Phenom II | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 0.85 | 4.73 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 12 May 2011 (14 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 148 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,500 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE1-3A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.90 | 1.68 |
| Recency | 12 May 2011 | 6 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has a 86.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE in performance tests.
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