AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs AMD Athlon X4 970
Summary
AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
152%
AMD Athlon X4 970
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
166%
AMD Athlon X4 970
100%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
138%
AMD Athlon X4 970
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE |
| Much higher single threaded performance (around 66% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications. |
| Much higher multi threaded performance (around 38% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking. |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
| Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970. |
| Around 52% higher average synthetic performance. |
Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970 |
| None |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| MMX | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| SSSE3 | | | |
| SSE4A | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| AES | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| AVX2 | | | |
| BMI1 | | | |
| BMI2 | | | |
| SHA | | | |
| F16C | | | |
| FMA3 | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| SMAP | | | |
| SMEP | | | |
| Precision Boost | | | |
| 3DNow! | | | |
| SSE4 | | | |
| FMA4 | | | |
| TBM | | | |
| XOP | | | |
| Turbo Core | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| Architecture | AMD Zen+ | vs | AMD Excavator |
| Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR4-2933 MHz
Dual-channel | vs | DDR4 |
| Codename | Dali | vs | Bristol Ridge |
| Release Date | Jul 2020 | vs | Jul 2017 |
Cores
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| Cores | 2 | vs | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | vs | 4 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 | vs | No |
Cache
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | vs | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | vs | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 4MB (shared) | vs | 0 KB |
Physical
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Max Case Temp | 95°C | vs | 74°C |
| Package | µOPGA-1331 | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | unknown | vs | 246mm² |
| Process | 12 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Performance
| AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE | | AMD Athlon X4 970 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 3400 MHz | vs | 3800 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | none | vs | 4000 MHz |
| Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
| Voltage | N/A | vs | 1.475 V |
| TDP | 35 W | vs | 65 W |
AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
3740 points
AMD Athlon X4 970
2760 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE
9125 points
AMD Athlon X4 970
9124 points
Points - higher is better
points - higher is better
points - higher is better