Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Ryzen 5 2600E
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 2600E outperforms Athlon Silver 3050GE by a whopping 159% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 2600E and Athlon Silver 3050GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1029 | 1729 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.75 | 7.70 |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Dali (2020) |
| Release date | 19 September 2018 (6 years ago) | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 2600E 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 cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 31 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 2600E 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Athlon Silver 3050GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Athlon Silver 3050GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Athlon Silver 3050GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600E and Athlon Silver 3050GE.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | no 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.34 | 2.83 |
| Recency | 19 September 2018 | 21 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 5 2600E has a 159.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
Athlon Silver 3050GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
The Ryzen 5 2600E is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050GE in performance tests.
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