Ryzen 5 3500U vs Athlon X2 4050e

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1342
Place by popularity	not in top-100	36
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	27.60
Architecture codename	Brisbane (2007−2008)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	April 2008 (16 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	256 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Die size	126 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	154 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	AM2	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 4050e and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt

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