AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   Perhaps you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE vs Intel Core i7-8550U tests and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, video editing, rendering, machine learning. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications such as RealBench, Handbrake, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), GeekBench 6, 5.2, DaVinci Resolve Studio, WPrime, 3DMark, UserBenchmark, Blender, AIDA64, VeraCrypt, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark, Prime95, 7zip, Gears 5, Blender, MATLAB, SuperPi, PCMark 10, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Furmark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-8550U or AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE.

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 3050GE

51%

Core i7-8550U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050GE

51%

Core i7-8550U

52%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	91.9
Valorant	102.2	104.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	58.5
Apex Legends	96.0	98.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	78.3
Overwatch	82.7	84.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	72.0
DOOM Eternal	51.1	52.2
Warzone	79.7	81.4
Assassin's Creed	85.8	87.7
Valheim	84.8	86.6

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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. 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 3050GE

84%

Core i7-8550U

228%

To make a final 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 Core i7-8550U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050GE since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need 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

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor uses all cores and threads 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 make sure that the program 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 are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	79	167
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	416	564
Cinbench 20 Single-core	199	354
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	906	1211
Cinbench 23 Single-core	512	979
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2465	3111

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Single-Core	2059	2072
Multi-Core	4344	5970

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Single-Core	890	1027
Multi-Core	1862	3788

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. 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 the newest games. The savings are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE	Intel Core i7-8550U
Announcement date	July 21, 2020	April 01, 2017
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	FC-BGA1356
Core name	Dali	Kaby Lake R
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	8
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	1.8 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 millions	1820 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	8 MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD305GC6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver 3050GE is 47% better than Core i7-8550U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-8550U has 2 more core than Athlon Silver 3050GE. 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 3050GE is better: 5
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-8550U is better: 31
However, it should be understood that all the data in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE and Intel Core i7-8550U before deciding which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-8550U specs and review.