Athlon Silver 3050e vs i5-7442EQ
Aggregate performance score
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 ranking | 1627 | 1986 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.52 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Core i5 | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 11.51 | 29.18 |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | Dali (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (7 years ago) | 1 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | no data | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 6 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 extensions | no data | MMX, 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 types | DDR3L-1600 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.04 | 1.85 |
| Integrated graphics card | 3.10 | 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% 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.
Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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