Ryzen 5 3500U vs Turion II M500

Aggregate performance score

Turion II M500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36
+723%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Turion II M500 by a whopping 723% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28601359
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency1.4327.49
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die sizeno data209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinFP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationMMX, 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
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 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 cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M500 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Turion II M500 0.53
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36
+723%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II M500 1865
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+144%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion II M500 3591
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+380%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion II M500 1756
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+239%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Turion II M500 34.76
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+170%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Turion II M500 1
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+530%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 4.36
Recency 10 September 2009 6 January 2019
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 722.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M500 in performance tests.


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