Ryzen 5 7520U vs Athlon Silver 3050e

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85
Ryzen 5 7520U
2022
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
5.79
+213%

Ryzen 5 7520U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 213% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20011130
Place by popularitynot in top-10028
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency29.1636.51
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date1 June 2020 (4 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache192 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U 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
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050e and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 3050e 1.85
Ryzen 5 7520U 5.79
+213%

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 3050e 2939
Ryzen 5 7520U 9203
+213%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Silver 3050e 706
Ryzen 5 7520U 1188
+68.3%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Silver 3050e 1359
Ryzen 5 7520U 3761
+177%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e 227
Ryzen 5 7520U 834
+268%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Athlon Silver 3050e 102
Ryzen 5 7520U 169
+65.5%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 1172
Ryzen 5 7520U 3821
+226%

Blender(-)

Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+291%
Ryzen 5 7520U 588

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Athlon Silver 3050e 595
Ryzen 5 7520U 1066
+79.3%

7-Zip Single

Athlon Silver 3050e 2525
Ryzen 5 7520U 4167
+65.1%

7-Zip

Athlon Silver 3050e 6642
Ryzen 5 7520U 24219
+265%

WebXPRT 3

Athlon Silver 3050e 99
Ryzen 5 7520U 191
+94%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.85 5.79
Integrated graphics card 2.98 2.85
Recency 1 June 2020 20 September 2022
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050e has 4.6% faster integrated GPU, and 150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 7520U, on the other hand, has a 213% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 7520U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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