Intel Core i9-14900KF vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-14900KF		AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-14900KF or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U - 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 i9-14900KF has 24 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 6.00 GHz. Up to 192 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-14900KF was released in Q4/2023. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U was released in Q1/2020.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 14000 (23)	CPU group	AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3)
14	Generation	4
Raptor Lake S Refresh	Architecture	Dali (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i9-13900KF	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-14900KF is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz). The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz).
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
24	Cores	2
32	Threads	2
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.20 GHz (6.00 GHz) 8x Raptor Cove	A-Core	2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz)
2.40 GHz (4.40 GHz) 16x Gracemont	B-Core	--
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 i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
	GPU frequency	1.10 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	8
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	3
--	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-14900KF supports a maximum of 192 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2400
192 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
32.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
36.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	3.0
20	PCIe lanes	8
78.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	7.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i9-14900KF has a TDP of 125 W, that of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U is 15 W.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
125 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
253 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	25 W
--	TDP down	12 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i9-14900KF has a 68.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Core i9-14900KF	Characteristic	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
10 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1700	Socket	FP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems
Q4/2023	Release date	Q1/2020
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KF (100%)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U (29%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-14900KF (100%)

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U (6%)

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 i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2412 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	749 (31%)

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 i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	26972 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1436 (5%)

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 i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	3289 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	873 (27%)

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 i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	23051 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	1524 (7%)

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 i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	59388 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	3004 (5%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	139 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2177 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	2358 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 5.70 GHz	38712 (100%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	181 (100%)

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 i9-14900KF @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz	668 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i9-14900KF 24C 32T @ 6.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	122 (100%)

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