AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs AMD A6-9550

Processor comparisons 17-07-2021

   Perhaps you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision after reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs AMD A6-9550 and see which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, streaming, programming, video editing, rendering. Here is useful information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Blender, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, 7zip, Handbrake, 3DMark, Prime95, MATLAB, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, GeekBench 6, 5.2, WPrime, Blender, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, Furmark, PCMark 10, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), AIDA64, RealBench.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD A6-9550 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050C.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

A6-9550

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

A6-9550

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. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, League of Legends (LOL), Hitman 3, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, Ghostrunner, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Half-Life: Alyx, Control, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.6	89.0
Valorant	101.8	101.1
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	56.6
Apex Legends	95.7	95.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	75.8
Overwatch	82.4	81.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	69.8
DOOM Eternal	50.9	50.6
Warzone	79.4	78.9
Assassin's Creed	85.5	84.9
Valheim	84.5	83.9

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 tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K 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 Silver 3050C

180%

A6-9550

28%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Silver 3050C is more energy efficient than the A6-9550 as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 65W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, programming, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the benefit 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 Silver 3050C	AMD A6-9550
Cinbench 15 Single-core	124	109
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	312	226
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	267
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	679	357
Cinbench 23 Single-core	384	527
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1848	733

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	AMD A6-9550
Single-Core	1762	1737
Multi-Core	3258	1976

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	AMD A6-9550
Single-Core	810	549
Multi-Core	1525	951

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. 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. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	AMD A6-9550
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	July 27, 2017
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	AM4
Core name	Dali	Bristol Ridge
Architecture	Zen	Excavator
Generation	1	7
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	3.8 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	2
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM305CC4T2OFG	AD9550AGM23AB AD9550AGABBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A6-9550 is 39% 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 Silver 3050C is better: 26
The number of parameters for which AMD A6-9550 is better: 6
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and AMD A6-9550 before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

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.

AMD A6-9550 - all data

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

• AMD A6-9550 specs and review.