AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Processor comparisons 03-03-2023

   Let's say you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e tests and see which is better for games or simple use for programming, machine learning, streaming, rendering, video editing. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or various 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 parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as PCMark 10, 3DMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, AIDA64, SuperPi, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Handbrake, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, Prime95, VeraCrypt, Furmark, MATLAB, RealBench, 7zip, UserBenchmark, Gears 5, Blender.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 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 3050e

50%

This value 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 3050e. 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 3050e

50%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.5	89.3
Valorant	102.8	101.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.6	56.8
Apex Legends	96.6	95.4
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	76.1
Overwatch	83.3	82.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	70.0
DOOM Eternal	51.4	50.8
Warzone	80.2	79.2
Assassin's Creed	86.3	85.3
Valheim	85.3	84.3

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 comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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 3050e

345%

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 Silver 3050e is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold 7220U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 6W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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 run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

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 3050e
Cinbench 15 Single-core	106	55
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	525	291
Cinbench 20 Single-core	255	139
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1133	634
Cinbench 23 Single-core	644	358
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3071	1724

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	2397	1440
Multi-Core	5406	3038

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

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	1002	622
Multi-Core	2408	1302

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, 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, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Announcement date	September 20, 2022	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FP5
Core name	Mendocino	Dali
Architecture	Zen 2	Zen
Generation	2	1
Turbo Frequency	3.7 MHz	2.8 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	1.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3200 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	6 W
Memory type	LPDDR5	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	5500	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000771	YM3050C7T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold 7220U is 41% better than Athlon Silver 3050e 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: 29
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is better: 2
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 3050e before making a decision which of the processors to buy for gaming.

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 3050e specs and review.