AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

Processor comparisons 17-07-2021

   For example you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000 tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, streaming, programming, machine learning, video editing. Here you can find useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special testing software like PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, PCMark 10, MATLAB, Blender, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, Prime95, AIDA64, SuperPi, UserBenchmark, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, Gears 5, 3DMark, Blender, WPrime, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver N6000 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 N6000

51%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver N6000 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 Silver 3050C

50%

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you 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 CPU comparisons were performed: NBA 2K20, Ghostrunner, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, DOTA 2A, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3, Control, Battlefield V, Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.6	90.1
Valorant	101.8	102.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.3
Apex Legends	95.7	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	76.8
Overwatch	82.4	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	70.6
DOOM Eternal	50.9	51.2
Warzone	79.4	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.5	86.0
Valheim	84.5	85.0

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: 2K, FullHD or 4K. 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver 3050C

180%

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

To make a finishing 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 Pentium Silver N6000 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050C since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 6W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must 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

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video rendering or video editing, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. 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 can use only one core to work, 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 Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Cinbench 15 Single-core	124	103
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	312	342
Cinbench 20 Single-core	185	212
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	679	788
Cinbench 23 Single-core	384	676
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1848	2502

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	1762	1529
Multi-Core	3258	4044

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	810	693
Multi-Core	1525	2029

Comparison of specifications

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Announcement date	September 22, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1338
Core name	Dali	Jasper Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	7
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.2 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	1400 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 Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 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: 9
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is better: 24
Although it should be realized that all the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 before making a decision which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

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 N6000 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver N6000 specs and review.