Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 AMD Athlon Silver 3050e

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 was released in Q1/2017.

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 (2) CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 3000 (3)
3 Generation 4
Cortex-A53 Architecture Dali (Zen)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz (2.80 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 1.40 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 536 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 308 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
0.50 GHz GPU frequency 1.00 GHz
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation 8
28 nm Technology 14 nm
0 Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 3
24 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 308 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)
Decode 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
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 3050e can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
LPDDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2400
4 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
5.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e is 6 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Silver 3050e cache has a total of 5.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
-- Socket FP5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems
Q1/2017 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
116 (17%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
701 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
376 (26%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1463 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
Qualcomm Adreno 308 @ 0.50 GHz
24 (6%)
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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
437 (14%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
3032 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
758 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 427
4C 4T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Silver 3050e AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz
1494 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 AMD Athlon Silver 3050e
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