Athlon Silver 3050e vs i5-7442EQ

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-7442EQ
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
3.04
+64.3%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Core i5-7442EQ outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by an impressive 64% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16392001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.49no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency11.5029.16
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$250no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-7442EQ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache256 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache6 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7442EQ 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
Socketno dataFP5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7442EQ 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.

i5-7442EQ 3.04
+64.3%
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.

i5-7442EQ 4834
+64.5%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.04 1.85
Integrated graphics card 3.11 2.98
Recency 3 January 2017 1 June 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

i5-7442EQ has a 64.3% higher aggregate performance score, 4.4% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-7442EQ is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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