Athlon II X4 740 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
+11.2%
Athlon II X4 740
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.69

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Athlon II X4 740 by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19862066
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Athlon
Power efficiency11.85no data
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Piledriver
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 October 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$71

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740 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 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740 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
SocketFP5Socket FM2
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740. 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 II X4 740 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
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 cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740.

PCIe version3.0no data
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
+11.2%
Athlon II X4 740 1.69

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 2984
+11.5%
Athlon II X4 740 2677

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.88 1.69
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has a 11.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon II X4 740, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X4 740 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook processor while Athlon II X4 740 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Athlon II X4 740, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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