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AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3300U vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

► remove from comparison AMD Athlon 3050U

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is a mobile processor for thin and light entry level laptops. It is based on the Picasso series (e.g. Ryzen 3000U APUs) and offers two Zen cores clocked at 2.3 to 3.2 GHz without SMT (two threads at once) and 4 MB of L3 Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 2 and offers only 2 CUs (128 shaders) clocked at up to 1,100 MHz.

In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Athlon Silver 3050C, but with the exact same specifications (and performance).

Performance

We have not tested a single system built around the 3050U, as of August 2023. Expect the chip to be just a few percentage points slower than the Athlon 3150U (two Zen cores, 4 threads, up to 3.3 GHz). This kind of performance should suffice for most day-to-day tasks but not much more than that.

Power consumption

This Athlon series chip has a default TDP of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit). Laptop makers are free to change that to anything between 12 W and 25 W with clock speeds and peformance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Last but not the least, the APU is built with a 14 nm process leading to poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 3300U

The AMD Ryzen 3 3300U is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (no SMT / Hyperthreading so only 4 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.5 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics card with 6 CUs (384 Shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 3 3300U should be similar to the Ryzen 5 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz but with SMT).

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 PRO 3700U

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U is a mobile SoC for business laptops that was announced in April 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.3 - 4 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 10 graphics card with 10 CUs (640 Shaders) clocked at up to 1400 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. Compared to the similar consumer variant Ryzen 7 3700U, the PRO model features additional management and security features (e.g., full memory encryption) and longer warranty / availability.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U should be slightly ahead the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U.

ModelAMD Athlon Silver 3050UAMD Ryzen 3 3300UAMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenameDali (Zen)Zen+Zen+
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Zen+
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U « 2.3 - 3.2 GHz2 / 2 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U « 2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U « 2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Clock2300 - 3200 MHz2100 - 3500 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB384 KB384 KB
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB2 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 44 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million4500 Million
Technology14 nm12 nm12 nm
max. Temp.95 °C
SocketFP5AM4AM4
FeaturesDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R3 3300U
24.6 pt (34%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
337 Points (37%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
921 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
471 Points (3%)
658 Points (4%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
134 Points (40%)
149 Points (45%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4280 Points (26%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
12357 Points (9%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
404.6 s (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
11.9 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2398 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
12118 MIPS (7%)
16735 MIPS (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
3340 MIPS (40%)
3680 MIPS (44%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
26.2 fps (9%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
132.1 fps (30%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
2.8 fps (5%)
3.6 fps (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.3 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (7%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.7 GB/s (7%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
1212 Seconds (9%)
785 Seconds (6%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.8 sec (17%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4332 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
12.8 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
28.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
709 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
4587 Points (12%)
6539 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
51741 Points (42%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
47170 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
55407 Points (47%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
3953 Points (10%)
2098 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
5629 Points (10%)
9338 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
2006 Points (8%)
2706 Points (11%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
743 Points (31%)
824 Points (35%)
808 Points (34%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1429 Points (3%)
2578 Points (5%)
3018 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
843 Points (4%)
839 Points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
2722 Points (9%)
3091 Points (10%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3861 Points (39%)
3928 Points (39%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
10787 Points (12%)
11249 Points (13%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3672 Points (50%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
10223 Points (25%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
10170 Points (18%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
3469 Points (68%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
11467 Points (18%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3780 Points (57%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
8470 Points (68%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6808 Points (62%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
12111 Points (24%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
8746 Points (18%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
9508 Points (25%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1192     avg: 1237     median: 1236.5 (1%)     max: 1281 ms
1278 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
136.9 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
27764 Points (25%)
27979 Points (25%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 141     avg: 153.5     median: 153.5 (32%)     max: 166 Points

Average Benchmarks AMD Athlon Silver 3050U → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 3300U → 146% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U → 160% n=2

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