Athlon Silver 3050U vs i7-3910K

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1987
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data11.86
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-E (2011−2013)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date24 July 2013 (11 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-3910K 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)67 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3910K 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 configuration1no data
Socket2011FP5
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U. 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, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 July 2013 6 January 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 15 Watt

i7-3910K has 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-3910K and Athlon Silver 3050U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-3910K is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


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