AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Athlon Silver 3000 AMD Athlon Silver 3000
• Family
  Athlon Athlon
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Laptops / Desktops
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Athlon 3000 Series Athlon 3000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.3 GHz 2.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  3 3
• Generation
  8 8
• GPU Frequency
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  2 2
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2018
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Athlon Silver 3050U and AMD Athlon Silver 3050C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  8 8
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2400

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-25 W 12-25 W
• Default TDP
  15 W 15 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  12 W 12 W
• TDP up
  25 W 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon Silver 3050C and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Dali (Zen) Dali (Zen)
• Codename
  Dali Dali
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L1-Cache
  0.1875 MB 0.1875 MB
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 1 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM305CC4T2OFG YM3050C4T2OFG
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Operating systems
  ChromeOS / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2020-09-22 2020-01-06
• Socket
  FP5 FP5
• Technology
  14nm 14nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 2026-10-01
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM