AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Core i5-5200U

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   Let's say you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the full tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Core i5-5200U and understand which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, programming, streaming, machine learning. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like Blender, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, 3DMark, MATLAB, Handbrake, VeraCrypt, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, DaVinci Resolve Studio, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10, GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, AIDA64, WPrime, Prime95, Furmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PassMark, 7zip.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-5200U or AMD Athlon Silver 3050e.

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 3050e

50%

Core i5-5200U

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

Core i5-5200U

50%

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 play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches 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: Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Ghostrunner, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, DOTA 2A, NBA 2K20, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Hitman 3, Half-Life: Alyx, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.3	89.5
Valorant	101.5	101.7
Cyberpunk 2077	56.8	57.0
Apex Legends	95.4	95.6
Call of Duty Warzone	76.1	76.3
Overwatch	82.2	82.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.0	70.2
DOOM Eternal	50.8	50.9
Warzone	79.2	79.3
Assassin's Creed	85.3	85.4
Valheim	84.3	84.4

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: FullHD, 2K or 4K. So 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 3050e

345%

Core i5-5200U

163%

To make a final decision 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 Core i5-5200U since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially 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

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out 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. Because 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 3050e	Intel Core i5-5200U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	55	110
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	291	264
Cinbench 20 Single-core	139	248
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	634	584
Cinbench 23 Single-core	358	595
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1724	1417

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	1440	1533
Multi-Core	3038	2507

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Core i5-5200U
Single-Core	622	735
Multi-Core	1302	1469

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 in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Core i5-5200U
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	October 01, 2014
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1168
Core name	Dali	Broadwell
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	5
Turbo Frequency	2.8 MHz	2.7 MHz
Frequency	1.4 MHz	2.2 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1740 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3L 1333/1600, LPDDR3 1333/1600
Max. Memory		16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	3 MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3050C7T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-5200U is 36% 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 Silver 3050e is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-5200U is better: 23
Although it should be understood that all the number in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and Intel Core i5-5200U before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050e specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-5200U specs and review.