Duron 550 vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1348 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 36 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | AMD Duron |
| Power efficiency | 27.57 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | K7 (2000−2004) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 5 June 2000 (24 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 0.55 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 200 MT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | 5.5 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 64 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 25 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550 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 | 25.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550. 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 | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 5 June 2000 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 25 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3500U has an age advantage of 18 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Duron 550 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3500U and Duron 550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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