Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 5 3450U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3450U
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.25
+130%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Ryzen 5 3450U outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3450U and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13701988
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency26.8129.18
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date1 May 2020 (4 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3450U and Athlon Silver 3050e 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3450U and Athlon Silver 3050e 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.

SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

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 5 3450U 4.25
+130%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1.85

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 5 3450U 6745
+129%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 3450U 567
+150%
Athlon Silver 3050e 227

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 3450U 138
+34.8%
Athlon Silver 3050e 102

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 3450U 2972
+154%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1172

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 3450U 946
Athlon Silver 3050e 2299
+143%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 3450U 839
+41.1%
Athlon Silver 3050e 595

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 3450U 3359
+33.1%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2525

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 3450U 15878
+139%
Athlon Silver 3050e 6642

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 3450U 146
+47.6%
Athlon Silver 3050e 99

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.25 1.85
Integrated graphics card 4.50 2.98
Recency 1 May 2020 1 June 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 5 3450U has a 129.7% higher aggregate performance score, 51% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.


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