Athlon Silver 3050e vs Atom N2600
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Silver 3050e outperforms Atom N2600 by a whopping 820% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3234 | 2004 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 4.73 | 29.04 |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $47 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3.5 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 2.44 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 (400 MHz) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.20 | 1.84 |
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 1 June 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | 6 Watt |
Atom N2600 has 100% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has a 820% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Athlon Silver 3050e is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom N2600 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N2600 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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