Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Pentium N4200

Aggregate performance score

Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.42
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.58
+223%

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outperforms Pentium N4200 by a whopping 223% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22261324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency21.5827.84
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1296FP5
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 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
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 505AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes612
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium N4200 1.42
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 4.58
+223%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium N4200 2170
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 7012
+223%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium N4200 275
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 913
+232%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium N4200 721
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 2631
+265%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Pentium N4200 163
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 624
+283%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Pentium N4200 52
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 142
+173%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.42 4.58
Integrated graphics card 0.93 4.50
Recency 1 September 2016 8 April 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium N4200 has 150% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has a 222.5% higher aggregate performance score, 383.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N4200 in performance tests.


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