Pentium 8500 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1067not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency39.44no data
Architecture codenameRenoir PRO (Zen 2) (2020)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date7 May 2020 (4 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.4 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 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
SocketFP6Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-4266DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 5Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 May 2020 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 8 6
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 9 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U has 33.3% more threads.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 25% more physical cores, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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