Intel Core i7-6660U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Processor comparisons 20-01-2022

   For example you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests Intel Core i7-6660U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and decide which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, streaming, video editing, programming, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as Blender, RealBench, Prime95, Furmark, 7zip, MATLAB, Handbrake, 3DMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, UserBenchmark, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PCMark 10, AIDA64, Gears 5, VeraCrypt, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, PassMark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050U or Intel Core i7-6660U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Core i7-6660U

51%

Athlon Silver 3050U

50%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Core i7-6660U 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.

Core i7-6660U

51%

Athlon Silver 3050U

50%

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

Gaming benchmark

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

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: 2K, FullHD 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i7-6660U

190%

Athlon Silver 3050U

172%

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 Core i7-6660U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050U since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to 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 machine learning, streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether 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 work, 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

	Intel Core i7-6660U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	91	122
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	448	306
Cinbench 20 Single-core	186	181
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	934	666
Cinbench 23 Single-core	548	376
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2633	1812

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

	Intel Core i7-6660U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Single-Core	1816	1727
Multi-Core	3856	3194

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

	Intel Core i7-6660U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Single-Core	855	774
Multi-Core	1980	1470

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 in the future. 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 the newest games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i7-6660U	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Announcement date	March 07, 2016	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1356	FP5
Core name	Skylake	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	6	2
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	2
Bus rate	4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1700 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR4
Max. Memory	32 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YM3050C4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i7-6660U 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 Intel Core i7-6660U is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is better: 6
Although it should be realized that all the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Core i7-6660U and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i7-6660U - all data

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

• Intel Core i7-6660U specs and review.

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.