Athlon Silver 3050U vs A10-7800

Place in the ranking	1910	1969
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	2.94	11.89
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	31 July 2014 (10 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-7800 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	245 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,411 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on A10-7800 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	1	no data
Socket	FM2+	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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	+	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	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 Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
iGPU core count	8	no data
Number of pipelines	512	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-7800 2.06
+7.3%

Athlon Silver 3050U 1.92

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-7800 3211
+7.3%

Athlon Silver 3050U 2992

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A10-7800 434

Athlon Silver 3050U 773
+78.1%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A10-7800 1083

Athlon Silver 3050U 1345
+24.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.06	1.92
Recency	31 July 2014	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

A10-7800 has a 7.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

Note that A10-7800 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A10-7800 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.