AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U

Processor comparisons 02-07-2021

   Let's say you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs AMD Athlon PRO 300U and see which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, machine learning, video editing, programming. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like MATLAB, PCMark 10, 7zip, GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, Blender, Furmark, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, SuperPi, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, UserBenchmark, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, Prime95, AIDA64, WPrime, Handbrake.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon PRO 300U or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U.

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 3050U

50%

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Athlon PRO 300U is 1% better than Athlon Silver 3050U. 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 3050U

50%

Athlon PRO 300U

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.5	90.0
Valorant	101.7	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.3
Apex Legends	95.6	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	76.7
Overwatch	82.4	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	70.6
DOOM Eternal	50.9	51.1
Warzone	79.3	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.4	85.9
Valheim	84.4	84.9

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: 4K, 2K 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 3050U

172%

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

To make a finishing choice 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 3050U is more energy efficient than the Athlon PRO 300U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit 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 3050U	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	122	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	306	392
Cinbench 20 Single-core	181	330
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	666	826
Cinbench 23 Single-core	376	523
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1812	2520

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	1727	1870
Multi-Core	3194	4441

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Single-Core	774	746
Multi-Core	1470	1978

Comparison of specifications

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	AMD Athlon PRO 300U
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	October 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FP5
Core name	Raven Ridge	Raven Ridge
Architecture	Zen+	Zen
Generation	2	1
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	2	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count		1600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	2400	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB	384KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3050C4T2OFG	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon PRO 300U is 4% better than Athlon Silver 3050U 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 3050U is better: 3
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon PRO 300U is better: 25
All the number in the text 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 opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and AMD Athlon PRO 300U before making a selection which of the processors to buy for gaming.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050U specs and review.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 300U specs and review.