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

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 PRO 3300U

The AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 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. Compared to the similar consumer variant Ryzen 3 3300U, 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 for 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 PRO 3300U should be similar to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz but with SMT).

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.

ModelAMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300UAMD Athlon Silver 3050U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenameZen+Dali (Zen)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Dali (Zen)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U compare2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U compare2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U « 2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U « 2.3 - 3.2 GHz2 / 2 cores4 MB L3
Clock2100 - 3500 MHz2300 - 3200 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB192 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm
SocketAM4FP5
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-2400 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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
max. Temp.95 °C

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
481 Points (3%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
126 Points (38%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
5.5 Points (7%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.4 Points (36%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
22657 Points (16%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
6410 Points (8%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
5408 Points (15%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
4646 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
6596 Points (12%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
743 Points (31%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1429 Points (3%)

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