Athlon Silver 3050U vs i5-4360U
Primary details
Comparing Core i5-4360U 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 | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core i5 | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.86 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 19 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $315 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Core i5-4360U 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 181 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1300 Million | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i5-4360U 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 | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA1168 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | 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 | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Smart Connect | + | no data |
| FDI | - | no data |
| AMT | 9.5 | no data |
| Matrix Storage | - | no data |
| HD Audio | + | no data |
| RST | + | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Core i5-4360U 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 |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| Anti-Theft | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4360U 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 i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 5000 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 |
| Max video memory | 2 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 3280x2000@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 3200x2000@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.2/12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 12 |
| PCI support | - | no data |
| USB revision | 3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 4 | no data |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 4 | no data |
| Integrated IDE | - | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 4 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | - | no data |
| UART | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 January 2014 | 6 January 2020 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
i5-4360U has 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Core i5-4360U and Athlon Silver 3050U. We've got no test results to judge.
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