Ryzen 5 3500X vs Ryzen 5 4500U

Place in the ranking	1025	918
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	43.25	12.06
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	24 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	6	6
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.1 GHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	7 nm, 12 nm
Die size	156 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9,800 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP6	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X. 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, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500X.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no 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.

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 4500U 6.86

Ryzen 5 3500X 8.29
+20.8%

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 4500U 10903

Ryzen 5 3500X 13163
+20.7%