AMD Athlon Silver 3050C vs Intel Xeon Gold 6148F

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AMD Athlon Silver 3050C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Intel Xeon Gold 6148F

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C or Intel Xeon Gold 6148F - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F was released in Q3/2017.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
4 Generation 1
Dali (Zen) Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has 20 CPU cores and 40 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6148F is at 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
2 Cores 20
4 Threads 40
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C or Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
1.10 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
3 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-2666
32 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 28.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 48
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is 15 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has a TDP of 160 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 160 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
25 W TDP up --
12 W TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050C is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 28.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FP5 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 3100 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
774 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1389 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050C AMD Athlon Silver 3050C
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
3310 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver 3050C Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
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