Athlon Silver 3050e vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
9.81
+430%
Athlon Silver 3050e
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.85

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outperforms Athlon Silver 3050e by a whopping 430% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7892001
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency9.7729.16
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.4 GHz1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier34no data
L1 cache96K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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++

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Athlon Silver 3050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

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

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no 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. 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 PRO 1700X 9.81
+430%
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 7 PRO 1700X 15579
+430%
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 7 PRO 1700X 1076
+52.4%
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 7 PRO 1700X 5355
+294%
Athlon Silver 3050e 1359

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.81 1.85
Recency 29 June 2017 1 June 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 6 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a 430.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 3050e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 1483.3% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 3050e is a notebook one.


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

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