Athlon 64 3500+ vs Ryzen 5 2500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1380not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency26.02no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)San Diego (2001−2005)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm130 nm
Die size209.78 mm2230 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+ 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
SocketFP5939
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.



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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 6546
+1636%
Athlon 64 3500+ 377

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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 808
+526%
Athlon 64 3500+ 129

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.

Ryzen 5 2500U 2368
+1941%
Athlon 64 3500+ 116

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 89 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 2500U and Athlon 64 3500+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 2500U is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 3500+ is a desktop one.


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