Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 3 1200X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1341
Place by popularitynot in top-10036
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data27.60
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200X 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data8
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size192 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4800 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200X 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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 Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1200X and Ryzen 5 3500U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook one.


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