Athlon Silver 3050U vs i3-350M

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Aggregate performance score

Core i3-350M
2010
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
0.71
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.96
+176%

Athlon Silver 3050U outperforms Core i3-350M by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-350M and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27151966
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency1.8511.91
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$130no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-350M 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier1723
L1 cache128 KB192 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C for rPGA, 105 °C for BGA95 °C
Number of transistors382+177 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-350M 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketBGA1288,PGA988FP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-350M 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+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i3-350M and Athlon Silver 3050U 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 Core i3-350M 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 Core i3-350M and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon RX Vega 2
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-350M and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-350M and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version2.03.0
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.

i3-350M 0.71
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.96
+176%

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.

i3-350M 1085
Athlon Silver 3050U 2992
+176%

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.

i3-350M 293
Athlon Silver 3050U 772
+163%

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.

i3-350M 594
Athlon Silver 3050U 1344
+126%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.71 1.96
Recency 7 January 2010 6 January 2020
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i3-350M has 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has a 176.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i3-350M in performance tests.


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