Intel Core i5-7300U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

Core i5-7300U vs Athlon Silver 3050e comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-7300U performs better than the Athlon Silver 3050e. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon Silver 3050e in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-7300U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Silver 3050e. Also, the Core i5-7300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Athlon Silver 3050e outputs less heat than Core i5-7300U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-7300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.