Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 5 3500

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
8.05
+335%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Ryzen 5 3500 outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 335% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon Silver 3050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9402001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency11.7129.16
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release dateno data1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache16 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketSocket AM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon Silver 3050e. 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, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon Silver 3050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-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 3500 8.05
+335%
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 3500 12789
+335%
Athlon Silver 3050e 2939

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 5 3500 1514
+114%
Athlon Silver 3050e 706

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 5 3500 5386
+296%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1359

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.05 1.85
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500 has a 335.1% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has 983.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050e in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 3500 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon Silver 3050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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