Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Core i7-7600U vs Athlon Silver 3050U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7600U performs better than the Athlon Silver 3050U. Despite this, the Athlon Silver 3050U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-7600U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Silver 3050U. Also, the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.