Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
4.41
+135%

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19871343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency11.8611.92
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Dali (2020)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 4.41
+135%

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.

Athlon Silver 3050U 2983
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 7006
+135%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 4.41
Recency 6 January 2020 21 July 2020
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, on the other hand, has a 134.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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