Athlon Silver 3050U vs i5-750

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-750 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2107	1986
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.21	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Core i5 (Desktop)	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	1.59	11.85
Architecture codename	Lynnfield (2009−2010)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	8 September 2009 (15 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$150	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-750 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	2.66 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus rate	2500 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	296 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	774 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-750 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	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-750 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	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
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Core i5-750 and Athlon Silver 3050U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-750 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 i5-750 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	21 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-750 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.60	1.88
Recency	8 September 2009	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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