AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040

Processor comparisons   17-07-2021
   If you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040 and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, 3DMark, MATLAB, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, Gears 5, Furmark, Blender, RealBench, PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, AIDA64, WPrime, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Prime95, Handbrake.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver J5040 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%

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver J5040 is 1% better than Athlon Silver 3050C. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

Pentium Silver J5040

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.6	89.9
Valorant	101.8	102.2
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.2
Apex Legends	95.7	96.1
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 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%

Pentium Silver J5040

197%

To make a finishing resolution 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 Pentium Silver J5040 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050C as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 10W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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 use only one core to run, 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 Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Cinbench 15 Single-core	124	96
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	312	320
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	199
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	679	737
Cinbench 23 Single-core	384	632
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1848	2340

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Single-Core	1762	1430
Multi-Core	3258	3783

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Single-Core	810	591
Multi-Core	1525	1891

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, 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. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1090
Core name	Dali	Gemini Lake Refresh
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	3
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	10 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max. Memory		8 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 13% better than Pentium Silver J5040 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver J5040 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: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is better: 23
Although it should be realized that all the figures in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and Intel Pentium Silver J5040 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.

Intel Pentium Silver J5040 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver J5040 specs and review.