Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Athlon Silver 3050U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1971	246
Place by popularity	not in top-100	16
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	36.36
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	11.86	17.02
Architecture codename	Dali (Zen) (2020)	Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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	16
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	4.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	162 MHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	96 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	no data	71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	89 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	61 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	6,570 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D. 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	86x MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, FMA3, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT SHA, XFR2, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-5200
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 Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050U and Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.88	21.58
Recency	6 January 2020	4 January 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	120 Watt

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