AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i5-4470S

Processor comparisons 02-07-2021

   If you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Core i5-4470S tests and understand which is better for games or simple use for video editing, streaming, machine learning, rendering, programming. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests such as Prime95, MATLAB, SuperPi, WPrime, Blender, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 7zip, RealBench, PassMark, Furmark, AIDA64, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, UserBenchmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

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 i5-4470S 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%

Core i5-4470S

51%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Core i5-4470S is 1% better than Athlon Silver 3050U. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 3050U

50%

Core i5-4470S

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 play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, League of Legends (LOL), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Hitman 3, Monster Hunter World.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.5	90.9
Valorant	101.7	103.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.9
Apex Legends	95.6	97.1
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	77.5
Overwatch	82.4	83.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	71.3
DOOM Eternal	50.9	51.7
Warzone	79.3	80.6
Assassin's Creed	85.4	86.8
Valheim	84.4	85.8

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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver 3050U

172%

Core i5-4470S

39%

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 Athlon Silver 3050U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-4470S since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 65W. 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

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, programming, video rendering or video editing, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to reach 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. 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 3050U	Intel Core i5-4470S
Cinbench 15 Single-core	122	130
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	306	470
Cinbench 20 Single-core	181	320
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	666	1161
Cinbench 23 Single-core	376	704
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1812	2678

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i5-4470S
Single-Core	1727	1738
Multi-Core	3194	4727

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i5-4470S
Single-Core	774	763
Multi-Core	1470	2879

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 can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Core i5-4470S
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	April 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	LGA1150
Core name	Raven Ridge	Haswell
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	4
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.6 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	2.9 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Transistors count		2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM3050C4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-4470S is 20% better than Athlon Silver 3050U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i5-4470S has 2 more core than Athlon Silver 3050U. 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: 6
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-4470S is better: 31
Although it should be understood that all the data in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Core i5-4470S before making a decision which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

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.

Intel Core i5-4470S - all data

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

• Intel Core i5-4470S specs and review.