Athlon Silver 3050U vs A8-7200P

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Aggregate performance score

A8-7200P
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.36
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
+38.2%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms A8-7200P by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22381971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency3.6811.86
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-7200P 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache4096 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size245 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature102 °C95 °C
Number of transistors2410 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A8-7200P 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.

SocketFP3FP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAMMX, 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+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)
iGPU core count4no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7200P and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

A8-7200P 1.36
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88
+38.2%

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.

A8-7200P 2154
Athlon Silver 3050U 2993
+39%

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.

A8-7200P 379
Athlon Silver 3050U 774
+104%

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.

A8-7200P 1020
Athlon Silver 3050U 1345
+31.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.36 1.88
Recency 4 June 2014 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

A8-7200P has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has a 38.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-7200P in performance tests.


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