Athlon Silver 3050U vs Celeron G1820

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron G1820
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 53 Watt
1.08
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88
+74.1%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Celeron G1820 by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24071971
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.12no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency1.8911.86
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$110no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size177 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1150FP5
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, 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
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)
Max video memory1.7 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.1/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe versionUp to 3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1612

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.

Celeron G1820 1.08
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88
+74.1%

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.

Celeron G1820 1717
Athlon Silver 3050U 2993
+74.3%

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.

Celeron G1820 488
Athlon Silver 3050U 774
+58.6%

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.

Celeron G1820 830
Athlon Silver 3050U 1345
+62%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.08 1.88
Recency 1 December 2013 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050U has a 74.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 253.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G1820 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron G1820 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G1820 and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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