3 100U vs Athlon Silver 3050U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.92
Core 3 100U
2024
6 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
9.61
+401%

Core 3 100U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 401% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1969805
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Raptor Lake-U
Power efficiency11.8959.50
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Raptor Lake-U Refresh (2024)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$426

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus rateno data55 MHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache192 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB10 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U 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
SocketFP5FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size32 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22
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 2Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core 3 100U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes128

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 1.92
3 100U 9.61
+401%

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 2992
3 100U 14987
+401%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.92 9.61
Recency 6 January 2020 8 January 2024
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 8

3 100U has a 400.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and 200% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Core 3 100U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


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