Ultra 7 268V vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 7 268V outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 703% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1971 | 460 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.86 | 84.06 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | Lunar Lake (2024) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 24 September 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 37 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2.5 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | Intel BGA 2833 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) | Arc 140V |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 4 |
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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.88 | 15.10 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 24 September 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 17 Watt |
Athlon Silver 3050U has 13.3% lower power consumption.
Ultra 7 268V, on the other hand, has a 703.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Core Ultra 7 268V is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Core Ultra 7 268V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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