Athlon Silver 3050e vs i5-10400

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-10400
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
7.63
+312%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Core i5-10400 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 312% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9611988
Place by popularity87not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency11.1129.18
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-10400 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.9 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10400 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1200FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2MMX, 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 Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

i5-10400 7.63
+312%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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.

i5-10400 12118
+312%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

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.

i5-10400 1446
+102%
Athlon Silver 3050e 716

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.

i5-10400 5536
+301%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1382

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.63 1.85
Integrated graphics card 3.09 2.98
Recency 30 April 2020 1 June 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

i5-10400 has a 312.4% higher aggregate performance score, 3.7% faster integrated GPU, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-10400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Note that Core i5-10400 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-10400 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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