Ultra 7 266V vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1359not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency27.51no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Bus rateno data37 MHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm3 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V 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
SocketFP5Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
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)Arc 140V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core Ultra 7 266V.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes124

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 8
Chip lithography 12 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 17 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 13.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 266V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

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