Athlon Silver 3050U vs EPYC 9684X

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 9684X
2023
96 cores / 192 threads, 400 Watt
78.91
+3926%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.96

EPYC 9684X outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 3926% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9684X and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking41964
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency17.9911.91
Architecture codenameGenoa-X (2023)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$14,756no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 9684X 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 cores962 (Dual-core)
Threads1922
Base clock speed2.55 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache1152 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Die size12x 72 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors135,240 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9684X 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 configuration2no data
SocketSP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9684X 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++
Precision Boost 2++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9684X and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9684X and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4
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 cardN/AAMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9684X and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes12812

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.

EPYC 9684X 78.91
+3926%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.96

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.

EPYC 9684X 120760
+3936%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2992

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 78.91 1.96
Recency 13 June 2023 6 January 2020
Physical cores 96 2
Threads 192 2
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 15 Watt

EPYC 9684X has a 3926% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 4700% more physical cores and 9500% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has 2566.7% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 9684X is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.

Be aware that EPYC 9684X is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


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