Intel Core i7-4722HQ vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-4722HQ CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Intel Core i7-4722HQ AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-4722HQ or AMD Athlon Silver 3050e - 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 Intel Core i7-4722HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4722HQ was released in Q1/2015.

The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e was released in Q1/2020.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38) CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3)
4 Generation 4
Haswell H Architecture Dali (Zen)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-4722HQ has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4722HQ is 2.40 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is at 1.40 GHz (2.80 GHz).

Intel Core i7-4722HQ Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 1.80 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.

Intel Core i7-4722HQ Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-4722HQ or AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 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.

Intel HD Graphics 4600 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation 8
22 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
20 Compute units 3
160 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics 4600 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-4722HQ can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-4722HQ Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
32 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
6.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 8
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-4722HQ is 37 W, while the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-4722HQ Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
37 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-4722HQ is manufactured in 22 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-4722HQ Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1364 Socket FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2020
380 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4722HQ (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (84%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4722HQ (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e (49%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
751 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
701 (93%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
2885 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1463 (51%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1009 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
758 (75%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3633 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1494 (41%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz
368 (96%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i7-4722HQ Intel Core i7-4722HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
5540 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
3032 (55%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-4722HQ AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
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