Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs Ryzen 7 8700G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 8700G
2024
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
19.62
+348%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.38

Ryzen 7 8700G outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a whopping 348% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3061387
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.11no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency28.7527.81
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date8 January 2024 (1 year ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed4.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm12 nm
Die size178 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors25,000 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, NX-Bit, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XDNA2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon 780M
AMD Radeon 780MAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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.

Ryzen 7 8700G 19.62
+348%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 4.38

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 7 8700G 31472
+348%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 7030

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 7 8700G 2664
+191%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 915

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 7 8700G 13719
+421%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 2631

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 7 8700G 2693
+332%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 624

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 7 8700G 286
+101%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 142

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 8700G 12618
+347%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 2824

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 8700G 186
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 796
+328%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 8700G 2012
+133%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 863

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 8700G 6665
+91.9%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 3474

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 8700G 75427
+365%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 16221

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 8700G 336
+137%
Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 142

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.62 4.38
Integrated graphics card 15.68 3.88
Recency 8 January 2024 8 April 2019
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 4 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 8700G has a 347.9% higher aggregate performance score, 304.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 200% more advanced lithography process.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 8700G is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 8700G is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a notebook one.

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