Athlon Silver 3050U vs Ryzen 3 3200U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 3200U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.38
+26.6%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Ryzen 3 3200U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17921987
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency15.0211.86
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen) (2019)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3200U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier2623
L1 cache192 KB192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C95 °C
Number of transistors4940 Million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3200U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, 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 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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.

Ryzen 3 3200U 2.38
+26.6%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1.88

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.

Ryzen 3 3200U 3782
+26.8%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2983

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 3 3200U 783
+1.2%
Athlon Silver 3050U 774

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 3 3200U 1504
+11.7%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1346

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 3200U 1652
+15.6%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1429

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.38 1.88
Recency 6 January 2019 6 January 2020
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 3 3200U has a 26.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

The Ryzen 3 3200U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 3200U and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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