Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050C

Processor comparisons   29-07-2021
   Let's say you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and understand which is better for games or simple use for streaming, video editing, programming, rendering, machine learning. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or several benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications like Gears 5, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, PassMark, RealBench, MATLAB, 7zip, Blender, Handbrake, 3DMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PCMark 10, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, UserBenchmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, Prime95, AIDA64, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050C or Intel Pentium Silver N5030.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Silver N5030

50%

Athlon Silver 3050C

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N5030

50%

Athlon Silver 3050C

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.5	89.6
Valorant	101.7	101.8
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.0
Apex Legends	95.6	95.7
Call of Duty Warzone	76.3	76.3
Overwatch	82.4	82.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.2	70.2
DOOM Eternal	50.9	50.9
Warzone	79.3	79.4
Assassin's Creed	85.4	85.5
Valheim	84.4	84.5

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 tested computers not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K or 4K. So 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N5030

295%

Athlon Silver 3050C

180%

To make a final resolution 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 Pentium Silver N5030 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 3050C as it consumes less power: 6W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need 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

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, machine learning, streaming, video rendering or video editing, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will find out 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. Since 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 Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Cinbench 15 Single-core	91	124
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	265	312
Cinbench 20 Single-core	347	185
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	590	679
Cinbench 23 Single-core	356	384
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1312	1848

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Single-Core	1321	1762
Multi-Core	2657	3258

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Single-Core	531	810
Multi-Core	1479	1525

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 you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	September 22, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1090	FP5
Core name	Gemini Lake Refresh	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	10	1
Turbo Frequency	3.1 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	1.1 MHz	2.3 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1200 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	6 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s	DDR4
Max. Memory	8 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	yes	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		YM305CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver 3050C is 52% better than Pentium Silver N5030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N5030 has 2 more core than Athlon Silver 3050C. 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 Pentium Silver N5030 is better: 6
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is better: 23
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here 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 reviews of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N5030 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050C before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Silver N5030 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Silver N5030 specs and review.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050C specs and review.