MediaTek Kompanio 520 vs Athlon Silver 3050U
Aggregate performance score
MediaTek Kompanio 520 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1987 | 1943 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | MediaTek Kompanio 500 |
| Power efficiency | 11.86 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dali (Zen) (2020) | 2x Cortex-A76 / 6x A55 |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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 | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Multiplier | 23 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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.
| Socket | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520. 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 | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| 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) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no 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.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.88 | 1.98 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
MediaTek Kompanio 520 has a 5.3% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and MediaTek Kompanio 520, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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