Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Processor comparisons 29-07-2021

   You may 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 3050U and understand which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, machine learning, rendering, programming. Here is useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis 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 synthetic type tests such as Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, WPrime, AIDA64, Prime95, Gears 5, DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, SuperPi, Handbrake, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, 7zip, 3DMark, PCMark 10, Blender, UserBenchmark, PassMark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 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 3050U

50%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Silver N5030

50%

Athlon Silver 3050U

50%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, 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 low 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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Forza Horizon 4, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, NBA 2K20, League of Legends (LOL), DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ghostrunner, Hitman 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.5	89.5
Valorant	101.7	101.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.0	57.0
Apex Legends	95.6	95.6
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	79.3
Assassin's Creed	85.4	85.4
Valheim	84.4	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 tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium Silver N5030

295%

Athlon Silver 3050U

172%

To make a final decision 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 3050U as it consumes less power: 6W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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, programming, streaming, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can 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 Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	91	122
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	265	306
Cinbench 20 Single-core	347	181
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	590	666
Cinbench 23 Single-core	356	376
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	1312	1812

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Single-Core	1321	1727
Multi-Core	2657	3194

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

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Single-Core	531	774
Multi-Core	1479	1470

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. 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 even in new games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Silver N5030	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Announcement date	January 01, 2020	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1090	FP5
Core name	Gemini Lake Refresh	Raven Ridge
Architecture	x86	Zen+
Generation	10	2
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
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		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 N5030 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Pentium Silver N5030 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 Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is better: 8
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is better: 15
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should undividedly trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Pentium Silver N5030 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 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 3050U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver 3050U specs and review.