AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505

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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U – which processor offers superior performance? In this comparison, we examine disparities and assess which of these two CPUs outperforms the other. We delve into technical specifications and benchmark outcomes.
The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently.
It was released in Q1/2020 and belongs to the 4 generation of the AMD Athlon series.
To use the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U, you'll need a motherboard with a FP5 socket.
The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently.
It was released in Q4/2020 and belongs to the 11 generation of the Intel Pentium series.
To use the Intel Pentium Gold 7505, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1526 socket.
AMD Athlon Silver 3000 Group Intel Pentium 7000
4 Generation 11
Mobile Segment Mobile
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Name Intel Pentium Gold 7505
AMD Athlon Family Intel Pentium
 
 

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.
The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is 2.3 GHz
and turbo frequency for one core is 3.2 GHz.
The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.
The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 7505 is 2.0 GHz
and turbo frequency for one core is 3.5 GHz.
2 Threads 4
2x Cores 2x
2 CPU Cores 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking No
3.2 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 core) 3.5 GHz
2.3 GHz Frequency 2.0 GHz
2.3 GHz Turbo Frequency (all cores) 3.5 GHz
 
 

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short.
Specifically, the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U uses the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics, which has 192 texture shaders
and 3 execution units.
The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short.
Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold 7505 uses the Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4), which has 384 texture shaders
and 48 execution units.
192 Shaders 384
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2020
14 nm Technology 10 nm
12 Direct X 12
2.0 GB Max. GPU Memory 32.0 GB
-- Max. displays --
3 Execution units 48
1.1 GHz GPU frequency 0.3 GHz
8 Generation 11
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics GPU name Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
 
 

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

-- AI specifications --
-- AI hardware --
 
 

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode JPEG Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AVC Decode
Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
 
 

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 32.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 64.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
pci PCIe pci
Yes AES-NI Yes
Memory type DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Yes ECC No
32.0 GB Max. Memory 64.0 GB
2 Memory channels 2
38.4 GB/s Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
 
 

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts.
TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
12 W TDP down 12 W
25 W TDP up 28 W
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
95 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
 
 

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is manufactured using a 14 nm process.
A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU.
In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache.
A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 is manufactured using a 10 nm process.
Q1/2020 Release date Q4/2020
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
14 nm Technology 10 nm
-- Chip design Monolithic
-- Release price 193 $
Dali (Zen) Architecture Tiger Lake U
4.0 MB L3-Cache 4.0 MB
Operating systems
Technical data sheet Documents Technical data sheet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- Part Number --
FP5 Socket BGA 1526
0 bytes L2-Cache 0 bytes