AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050C

Processor comparisons 03-03-2023

   If there are difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, streaming, programming. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Blender, Furmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, WPrime, Prime95, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, RealBench, 7zip, Blender, SuperPi, Handbrake, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 3DMark, Gears 5, PassMark, AIDA64.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Fallout 76
Apex Legends
Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Borderlands 3
Halo Infinite
Death Stranding
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fortnite
Watch Dogs Legion
Cyberpunk 2077
Valheim
Rainbow Six Siege
Last Man Standing
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Valorant
Overwatch
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050C or AMD Athlon Gold 7220U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon Gold 7220U

51%

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon Gold 7220U is 1% better than Athlon Silver 3050C. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold 7220U

51%

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Hitman 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends (LOL), DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Forza Horizon 4, Control.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.5	89.6
Valorant	102.8	101.8
Cyberpunk 2077	57.6	57.0
Apex Legends	96.6	95.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	76.3
Overwatch	83.3	82.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	70.2
DOOM Eternal	51.4	50.9
Warzone	80.2	79.4
Assassin's Creed	86.3	85.5
Valheim	85.3	84.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Gold 7220U

222%

Athlon Silver 3050C

180%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Gold 7220U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050C as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, streaming, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	124
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	525	312
Cinbench 20 Single-core	255	185
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1133	679
Cinbench 23 Single-core	644	384
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3071	1848

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Single-Core	2397	1762
Multi-Core	5406	3258

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Single-Core	1002	810
Multi-Core	2408	1525

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Announcement date	September 20, 2022	September 22, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FP5
Core name	Mendocino	Dali
Architecture	Zen 2	Zen
Generation	2	1
Turbo Frequency	3.7 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	2
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3200 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	LPDDR5	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	5500	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	192KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000771	YM305CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold 7220U is 4% better than Athlon Silver 3050C in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is better: 1
Although it should be understood that all the figures in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 3050C before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon Gold 7220U specs and review.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050C specs and review.