Athlon Silver 3050U vs i3-8120

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-8120 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1971
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	11.86
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	1 September 2018 (6 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i3-8120 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-8120 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	1151	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-8120 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 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
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-8120 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 i3-8120 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel UHD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-8120 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2018	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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