Athlon Silver 3050U vs Ryzen 7 1700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
9.86
+424%
Athlon Silver 3050U
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.88

Ryzen 7 1700X outperforms Athlon Silver 3050U by a whopping 424% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7871986
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency9.8211.85
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700X 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3423
L1 cache768 KB192 KB
L2 cache4096 KB1 MB
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700X 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
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, 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++
FMAFMA3+
AVX++
XFR+-
SenseMI+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700X 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 bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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 7 1700X 9.86
+424%
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 7 1700X 15661
+425%
Athlon Silver 3050U 2984

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 7 1700X 1098
+41.9%
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 7 1700X 5603
+316%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1346

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 1700X 6275
+339%
Athlon Silver 3050U 1429

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.86 1.88
Recency 2 March 2017 6 January 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 1700X has a 424.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1700X is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700X is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 3050U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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