Athlon Silver 3050U vs i3-6100E

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Aggregate performance score

Core i3-6100E
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.09
+11.2%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Core i3-6100E outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18921986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.24no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency5.6511.85
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date12 October 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$225no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i3-6100E 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 speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2723
L1 cache128 KB192 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache3 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size98.57 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors1750 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-6100E 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
Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR3-1866DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 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 530AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
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.

i3-6100E 2.09
+11.2%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88

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.

i3-6100E 3315
+11.1%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2984

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.09 1.88
Recency 12 October 2015 6 January 2020
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i3-6100E has a 11.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i3-6100E is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-6100E and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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