AMD Athlon Silver 3050U VS Intel Pentium Silver J5005

Comparison of video cards AMD Athlon Silver 3050U vs Intel Pentium Silver J5005 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences Specifications Benchmarks

Differences

Top features of Intel Pentium Silver J5005

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More number of cores

4 2

2 times more threads
Performance per watt

10 W 15 W

About 1.5 0.97 times less performance per watt

Top features of AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

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Higher clock speed

2.30 GHz 1.50 GHz

Around 35% better clock speed
Higher turbo clock speed

3.20 GHz 2.80 GHz

Around 13 % better overclocked clock speed

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

Intel Pentium Silver J5005 AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification	Value
Name	Intel Pentium Silver J5005 AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Segment	Mobile Mobile
Family	Intel Pentium AMD Athlon
Generation	9 4
CPU group	Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 AMD Athlon Silver 3000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium Silver J5005 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification	Value
Frequency	1.50 GHz 2.30 GHz
CPU Cores	4 2
Turbo (1 Core)	2.80 GHz 3.20 GHz
CPU Threads	4 2
Hyperthreading	No No
Overclocking	No No
Core architecture	normal normal

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification	Value
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 605 AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
GPU frequency	0.25 GHz 1.10 GHz
GPU (Turbo)	0.80 GHz No turbo
Execution units	18 3
Shader	144 192
Max. GPU Memory	8 GB 2 GB
Max. displays	3 3
Generation	9.5 8
DirectX Version	12 12
Technology	14 nm 14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017 Q1/2018

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification	Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
h264	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
VP9	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
VP8	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
AV1	No No
AVC	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
VC-1	Decode Decode
JPEG	Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification	Value
Max. Memory	8 GB 32 GB
ECC	No Yes
Memory channels	2 2
PCIe version	2.0 3.0
PCIe lanes	6 8

Encryption

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U.

Specification	Value
AES-NI	Yes Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium Silver J5005 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification	Value
TDP (PL1)	10 W 15 W
TDP up	-- 25 W
TDP down	-- 12 W
Tjunction max.	-- 95 °C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium Silver J5005 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification	Value
Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
L3-Cache	4.00 MB 4.00 MB
Architecture	Gemini Lake Dali (Zen)
Technology	14 nm 14 nm
Socket	BGA 1090 FP5
Release date	Q4/2017 Q1/2020