AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

Processor comparisons   02-07-2021
   For example you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and understand which is better for games or simple use for rendering, streaming, machine learning, video editing, programming. Here you can find all information from several benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, VeraCrypt, Prime95, Furmark, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, Handbrake, RealBench, PCMark 10, AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, 7zip, SuperPi, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, 3DMark, Blender.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Silver N6000 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%

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium Silver N6000 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%

Pentium Silver N6000

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little 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: Horizon Zero Dawn, Monster Hunter World, Half-Life: Alyx, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ghostrunner, Battlefield V, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Microsoft Flight Simulator, DOTA 2A, Control, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro Exodus, Forza Horizon 4, NBA 2K20, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.5	90.1
Valorant	101.7	102.4
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.3
Apex Legends	95.6	96.2
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	76.8
Overwatch	82.4	82.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	70.6
DOOM Eternal	50.9	51.2
Warzone	79.3	79.8
Assassin's Creed	85.4	86.0
Valheim	84.4	85.0

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 comparing 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. 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%

Pentium Silver N6000

385%

To make a finishing resolution 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 Pentium Silver N6000 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 6W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful 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 plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. 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. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to run, 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 3050U	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Cinbench 15 Single-core	122	103
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	306	342
Cinbench 20 Single-core	181	212
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	666	788
Cinbench 23 Single-core	376	676
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1812	2502

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	1727	1529
Multi-Core	3194	4044

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U	Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Single-Core	774	693
Multi-Core	1470	2029

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. 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 in the newest 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 Pentium Silver N6000
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	January 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP5	FCBGA1338
Core name	Raven Ridge	Jasper Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	7
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	1.1 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Transistors count		1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	6 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4 LPDDR4x
Max. Memory		16 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 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 Athlon Silver 3050U is 52% better than Pentium Silver N6000 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N6000 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: 9
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Silver N6000 is better: 25
Although it should be realized that all the figures 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 the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 before making a choice 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 Pentium Silver N6000 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver N6000 specs and review.