Intel Celeron N5100 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Processor comparisons   17-07-2021
   Perhaps you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the Intel Celeron N5100 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e tests and decide which is better for games or normal use for streaming, programming, machine learning, video editing, rendering. Here is useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests such as Gears 5, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, RealBench, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, WPrime, Dolphin Emulator, 7zip, UserBenchmark, Blender, Blender, Furmark, AIDA64, SuperPi, PCMark 10, Handbrake.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050e or Intel Celeron N5100.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Celeron N5100

50%

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Celeron N5100

51%

Athlon Silver 3050e

50%

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 play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low 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: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, Horizon Zero Dawn, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, Control, NBA 2K20, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.9	89.3
Valorant	102.2	101.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.2	56.8
Apex Legends	96.0	95.4
Call of Duty Warzone	76.6	76.1
Overwatch	82.8	82.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.5	70.0
DOOM Eternal	51.1	50.8
Warzone	79.7	79.2
Assassin's Creed	85.8	85.3
Valheim	84.8	84.3

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: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful 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

Celeron N5100

338%

Athlon Silver 3050e

345%

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 3050e is more energy efficient than the Celeron N5100 since it has less power consumption: 6W vs. 6W. 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

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that 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

	Intel Celeron N5100	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Cinbench 15 Single-core	94	55
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	248	291
Cinbench 20 Single-core	202	139
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	603	634
Cinbench 23 Single-core	437	358
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1604	1724

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

	Intel Celeron N5100	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	1316	1440
Multi-Core	3246	3038

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

	Intel Celeron N5100	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Single-Core	610	622
Multi-Core	1869	1302

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 later the processor is released, 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. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Celeron N5100	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Announcement date	January 11, 2021	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1338	FP5
Core name	Jasper Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	11	1
Turbo Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.8 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	1.4 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2800 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	6 W
Memory type	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4
Max. Memory	16 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
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 Athlon Silver 3050e is 21% better than Celeron N5100 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Celeron N5100 has 2 more core than Athlon Silver 3050e. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Celeron N5100 is better: 22
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is better: 11
However, it should be realized that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Celeron N5100 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050e before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Celeron N5100 - all data

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

• Intel Celeron N5100 specs and review.

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050e specs and review.