AMD Athlon Silver 3050e vs Intel Core2 Duo E6300

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AMD Athlon Silver 3050e CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Intel Core2 Duo E6300

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e or Intel Core2 Duo E6300 - 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 3050e has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e was released in Q1/2020.

The Intel Core2 Duo E6300 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.86 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo E6300 was released in Q3/2006.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core2 Duo (29)
AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3) CPU group Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
4 Generation 1
Dali (Zen) Architecture Conroe (Core)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is 1.40 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Core2 Duo E6300 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo E6300 is at 1.86 GHz.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.40 GHz Frequency 1.86 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
1.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo E6300
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e or Intel Core2 Duo E6300 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
1.00 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 3050e can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Intel Core2 Duo E6300 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo E6300
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
8 PCIe lanes --
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is 6 W, while the Intel Core2 Duo E6300 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo E6300
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is manufactured in 14 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The Intel Core2 Duo E6300 is manufactured in 65 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Characteristic Intel Core2 Duo E6300
14 nm Technology 65 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 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
FP5 Socket LGA 775
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q3/2006
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 (37%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 (26%)

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 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
701 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
256 (37%)

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 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1463 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
471 (32%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
3032 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
592 (20%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
758 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1494 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 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 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 Intel Core2 Duo E6300
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
294 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Silver 3050e Intel Core2 Duo E6300
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