i3-7100E vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1345	not rated
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Core i3
Power efficiency	27.55	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$225

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	29
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.50	3.10
Recency	6 January 2019	3 January 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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