AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2020 and belongs to the 4 generation of the AMD Athlon series. To use the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C, you'll need a motherboard with a FP5 socket.
Name: AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Family: AMD Athlon
Group: AMD Athlon Silver 3000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C 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.
GPU name: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
GPU frequency: 1.1 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 3
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 8
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q1/2018

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.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: 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.
Memory type: DDR4-2400
Max. Memory: 32.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 38.4 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

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.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: 25 W
TDP down: 12 W
Tjunction max: 95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C 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.
Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: --
Socket: FP5
L2-Cache: 1.0 MB
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Dali (Zen)
Operating systems:
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-680
2C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
1394
1394
Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
1389
1389
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1389
1389
Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
1389
1389
Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
1387
1387

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.2 GHz
778
778
Intel Celeron G3950
2C 2T @ 3.0 GHz
777
777
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
774
774
Intel Core i7-2600
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
772
772
AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
770
770

All benchmarks for AMD Athlon Silver 3050C