AMD Ryzen 9 7900
VS
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
AMD Ryzen 9 7900
VS
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Name
Desktop / Server
Segment
AMD Ryzen 7000
CPU group
AMD Ryzen 9
Family
6
Generation
AMD Ryzen 9 5900
Predecessor
--
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose AMD Ryzen 9 7900 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

3.70 GHz
Frequency
2.30 GHz
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CPU Cores
2
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Turbo (1 Core)
3.20 GHz
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CPU Threads
2
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Turbo (2 Cores)
2.30 GHz
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Hyperthreading
No
Yes
Overclocking
No
normal
Core architecture
12 / 24
CPU Cores / Threads
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Yes
Hyperthreading / SMT
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12x Zen 4
Cores
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5.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
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4.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
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Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? AMD Ryzen 9 7900 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U. 

AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
GPU name
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
0.40 GHz
GPU frequency
1.10 GHz
2.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
9
Generation
8
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DirectX Version
12
2
Execution units
3
128
Shader
192
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Max. Memory
2 GB
3
Max. displays
3
5 nm
Technology
14 nm
Q3/2022
Release date
Q1/2018
8 GB
Max. GPU Memory
12
Direct X
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Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

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

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR5-5200
Memory type
DDR4-2400
128 GB
Max. Memory
32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)
Memory channels
2
Yes
ECC
Yes
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PCIe version
3.0
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PCIe lanes
8
83.2 GB/s
Bandwidth
no data
5.0 x 24
PCIe
no data
Yes
AES-NI
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Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

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AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

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TDP
15 W
95 °C
Tjunction max.
95 °C
170 W
TDP up
25 W
--
TDP down
12 W
88 W
TDP (PL2)
65 W
TDP (PL1 / PBP)
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Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

64.00 MB
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
5 nm
Technology
14 nm
Raphael (Zen 4)
Architecture
Dali (Zen+)
AMD-V, SVM
Virtualization
AMD-V, SEV
AM5 (LGA 1718)
Socket
FP5
Q1/2023
Release date
Q1/2020
x86-64 (64 bit)
Instruction set (ISA)
12.00 MB
L2-Cache
--
Part Number
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
ISA extensions
Chiplet
Chip design
no data
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Operating systems
no data
--
Release price
no data
Technical data sheet
Documents
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Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

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Used in
Unknown

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Ryzen 9 7900
3.3 Out of 3 CpusData Score AMD Athlon Silver 3050U