Athlon X4 840 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+109%
Athlon X4 840
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.09

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Athlon X4 840 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13591890
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 54x Athlon
Power efficiency27.513.04
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB256K
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography12 nm28 nm
Die size209.78 mm2245 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4940 Million2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840 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
SocketFP5Socket FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size64 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) ( - 1200 MHz)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

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.

Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+109%
Athlon X4 840 2.09

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 3500U 6931
+109%
Athlon X4 840 3318

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 3500U 862
+92.4%
Athlon X4 840 448

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 3500U 2482
+122%
Athlon X4 840 1120

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.36 2.09
Recency 6 January 2019 on August 2014
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 108.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X4 840 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 840 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500U and Athlon X4 840, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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