Processor N200 vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Place in the ranking	1957	2112
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	Intel Alder Lake-N
Power efficiency	11.91	24.01
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$193

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200 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 1264
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200. 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	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200 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 Processor N200 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 Processor N200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel
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.

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	9

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.96	1.58
Recency	6 January 2020	3 January 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has a 24.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Processor N200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Processor N200 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 3050U and Processor N200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.