Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Pentium G3240

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G3240
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 53 Watt
1.22
Athlon Silver 3050GE
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.86
+134%

Athlon Silver 3050GE outperforms Pentium G3240 by a whopping 134% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23191665
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.187.73
Architecture codenameno dataDali (2020)
Release date1 April 2014 (10 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB Intel® Smart Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm12 nm
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1150AM4
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE 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 Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon Vega 3
Max video memory1.7 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort2560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA1920x1200@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.1/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE.

PCIe versionUp to 3.04.0
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.

Pentium G3240 1.22
Athlon Silver 3050GE 2.86
+134%

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.

Pentium G3240 1943
Athlon Silver 3050GE 4545
+134%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.22 2.86
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.98
Recency 1 April 2014 21 July 2020
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050GE has a 134.4% higher aggregate performance score, 287% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 83.3% more advanced lithography process, and 51.4% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 3050GE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G3240 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G3240 and Athlon Silver 3050GE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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