AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   If you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and see which is better for games or simple use for streaming, programming, video editing, machine learning, rendering. Here you can find useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, SuperPi, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, PassMark, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, Prime95, Handbrake, Gears 5, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, PCMark 10, 7zip, WPrime, AIDA64, 3DMark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6500 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%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Gold G6500 is 1% better than Athlon Silver 3050e. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. 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 little 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: DOTA 2A, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Battlefield V, Monster Hunter World, Ghostrunner, Control, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, League of Legends (LOL), Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.3	90.3
Valorant	101.5	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	56.8	57.5
Apex Legends	95.4	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.1	77.0
Overwatch	82.2	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.0	70.8
DOOM Eternal	50.8	51.3
Warzone	79.2	80.1
Assassin's Creed	85.3	86.2
Valheim	84.3	85.2

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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver 3050e

345%

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

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 Pentium Gold G6500 since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 58W. 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

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, 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 reach maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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 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 Pentium Gold G6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	55	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	291	427
Cinbench 20 Single-core	139	424
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	634	964
Cinbench 23 Single-core	358	628
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1724	2125

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	1440	2592
Multi-Core	3038	4200

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	622	1030
Multi-Core	1302	2280

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. 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, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even 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 3050e	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1200
Core name	Dali	Comet Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	10
Turbo Frequency	2.8 MHz
Frequency	1.4 MHz	4.1 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	58 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
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 Pentium Gold G6500 is 65% 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: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 28
Although it should be realized that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050e and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 before making a decision which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050e specs and review.

• Intel Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.