AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Celeron N5100

Processor comparisons 17-07-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Celeron N5100 and understand which is better for games or simple use for programming, video editing, rendering, machine learning, streaming. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or several benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Furmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, 7zip, 3DMark, WPrime, RealBench, Blender, Blender, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, Prime95, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, PCMark 10, SuperPi, MATLAB, Gears 5.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Celeron N5100 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%

Celeron N5100

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

Celeron N5100

51%

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 run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little 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: Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, NBA 2K20, Control, Hitman 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, DOTA 2A, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.6	89.9
Valorant	101.8	102.2
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.2
Apex Legends	95.7	96.0
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	76.6
Overwatch	82.4	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	70.5
DOOM Eternal	50.9	51.1
Warzone	79.4	79.7
Assassin's Creed	85.5	85.8
Valheim	84.5	84.8

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 that were in the comparisons not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So 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 Silver 3050C

180%

Celeron N5100

338%

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 Celeron N5100 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050C since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 6W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads 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 make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit 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 Silver 3050C	Intel Celeron N5100
Cinbench 15 Single-core	124	94
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	312	248
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	202
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	679	603
Cinbench 23 Single-core	384	437
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1848	1604

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Celeron N5100
Single-Core	1762	1316
Multi-Core	3258	3246

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Celeron N5100
Single-Core	810	610
Multi-Core	1525	1869

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest 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 Silver 3050C	Intel Celeron N5100
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	January 11, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1338
Core name	Dali	Jasper Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	11
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	2.4 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	1.1 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	2800 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	6 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4 LPDDR4x
Max. Memory		16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM305CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver 3050C is 52% better than Celeron N5100 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Celeron N5100 has 2 more core than Athlon Silver 3050C. 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: 13
The number of parameters for which Intel Celeron N5100 is better: 22
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and Intel Celeron N5100 before making a choice which processor 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.

Intel Celeron N5100 - all data

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

• Intel Celeron N5100 specs and review.