Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs i5-8650

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data27.95
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0PCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache384 KB384 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB
L3 cache9 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size126 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket1151FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 4.51
Recency 1 September 2018 8 April 2019
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-8650 has 50% more physical cores.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has 46% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 months, 33.3% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8650 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8650 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a notebook one.


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