AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs AMD Ryzen 3 5400U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (Codename Dali) is a mobile APU that integrates two Zen cores (with SMT, therefore 4 threads) clocked at 1.4 to 2.8 GHz. The TDP is specified at 6 Watt and therefore the chip can be passively cooled. The integrated Radeon graphics card offers 3 CUs at up to 1000 MHz (Radeon RX Vega 3). The dual channel memory controller supports only DDR4-2400. The chip is manufactured on a 14 nm node and officially counted to the 3000 series of mobile processors.

More information on Raven Ridge can be found in our launch article.

Performance

The average 3050e in our database is in the same league as the Celeron N4120, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. In other words, a slight amount of the AMD Zen magic has not helped this chip much. Its performance can be described as fairly slow, as of mid 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are.

Power consumption

Much like Intel's N-class Celeron and Pentium processors, the AMD 3050e has a 6 W TDP (also known as the long-term power limit). This is not much at all and thus good enough for passively cooled tablets, laptops, mini-PCs.

This APU is built with a 14 nm process making for poor, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 3 5400U

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The AMD Ryzen 3 5400U is a processor for thin and light laptops based on the Cezanne generation. The R3 5400U integrates four of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture and is the slowest U-series processor of the Cezanne generation at launch. The cores are clocked at 2.6 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (8 threads). The chip is manufactured in the modern 7 nm process at TSMC.

The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 5400U as of August 2023, we are fairly confident the chip is a little faster than the Ryzen 3 5300U and its four Zen 2 cores running at clock speeds similar to what the 5400U has. Naturally, your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the CPU power limits are.

In addition to the four CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs and up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 8 MB level 3 cache (same as the old 4800U) can be found on the chip.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 3 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W. Laptop manufacturers are free to change that value to anything between 10 W and 25 W if so desired, with clock speeds and performance changing correspondingly. Those values aren't low enough to allow for passively cooled designs.

This is a 7 nm chip; it thus has higher-than-average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

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The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U, is a fairly fast Cezanne family processor designed for use in thinner, lighter laptops. The R5 5560U integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture. The cores are clocked at 2.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 12 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process.

In addition to the six CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 6 integrated graphics card with 6 CUs at up to 1600 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache (up from 8 MB at the 4800U) can be found on the chip.

Performance

The Ryzen 5 is a solid upper mid-range CPU and should be only slightly slower than the Ryzen 5 5600U (+200 MHz Boost).

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are allowed to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value possible, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around this chip. Most laptop makers, however, will do the opposite to maximize performance.

The AMD Ryzen 5 5560U is built with TSMC's 7 nm manufacturing process for average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

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Model

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

AMD Ryzen 3 5400U

AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Series

AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)

AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)

Codename

Dali (Zen)

Cezanne-U (Zen 3)

Series: Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) Cezanne-U (Zen 3)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e «	1.4 - 2.8 GHz	2 / 4	4 MB L3
AMD 3020e	1.2 - 2.6 GHz	2 / 2	4 MB L3

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	1.9 - 4.4 GHz	8 / 16	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U	2.3 - 4.2 GHz	6 / 12	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U	2.3 - 4 GHz	6 / 12	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U «	2.6 - 4 GHz	4 / 8	8 MB L3

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U	1.9 - 4.4 GHz	8 / 16	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U	2.3 - 4.2 GHz	6 / 12	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5560U «	2.3 - 4 GHz	6 / 12	16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U	2.6 - 4 GHz	4 / 8	8 MB L3

Clock

1400 - 2800 MHz

2600 - 4000 MHz

2300 - 4000 MHz

L1 Cache

192 KB

256 KB

384 KB

L2 Cache

1 MB

2 MB

3 MB

L3 Cache

4 MB

8 MB

16 MB

Cores / Threads

2 / 4

4 / 8

6 / 12

TDP

6 Watt

25 Watt

Technology

14 nm

7 nm

Socket

FP5

FP6

Features

DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME

DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME

iGPU

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1600 MHz)

Architecture

x86

Announced

Manufacturer

www.amd.com

max. Temp.

105 °C