Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Pentium 350

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	508
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	no data	29.83
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	21 November 2011 (12 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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
Socket	FCLGA1155	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 350 and Ryzen 9 5900HX.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2011	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

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