Pentium Silver N6005 vs Athlon Silver 3050GE
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1597 | 1490 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Architecture codename | Dali (2020) | Jasper Lake (2021) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) | 11 January 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005 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 | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | BGA1338 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4 |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
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.
Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by 18% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.94 | 3.47 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 1.96 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 11 January 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050GE has 52% faster integrated GPU.
Pentium Silver N6005, on the other hand, has a 18% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, 100% more physical cores, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050GE in performance tests.
Note that Athlon Silver 3050GE is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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