AMD Ryzen 5 3580U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Ryzen 5 3580U, a Microsoft Surface Edition chip, is a mobile SoC that was announced in October 2019 as part of the Surface Book 15. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.2 - 3.8 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 9 graphics adapter with 9 CUs (576 Shaders) clocked at up to 1300 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3580 integrates a faster GPU with 9 instead of 8 CUs.
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.
Performance
The average 3580U in our extensive database is in the same league as the Core i5-1035G7 and also the Core i7-10510U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a fairly decent result, as of mid 2021.
Power consumption
This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers - or should we say, Microsoft - are allowed to change to anything between 12 W and 35 W with clock speeds and performance changing correspondingly. Those values are not low enough to allow for fan-free designs, for better or worse.
The CPU is built with a fairly old, as of late 2022, 12 nm process for lower-than-average energy efficiency.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
► remove from comparisonThe 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.
Model | AMD Ryzen 5 3580U | AMD Athlon Silver 3050U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) | Dali (Zen) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Dali (Zen) |
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Clock | 2100 - 3700 MHz | 2300 - 3200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 Cache | 384 KB | 192 KB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 2 MB | 1 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 4 MB | 4 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 2 / 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 15 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 4500 Million | 4500 Million | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 12 nm | 14 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
max. Temp. | 105 °C | 95 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socket | FP5 | FP5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | DDR4-2400 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 ( - 1300 MHz) | AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 ( - 1100 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.amd.com | www.amd.com |