Ryzen 5 3500U vs VIA Nano U2250
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms VIA Nano U2250 by a whopping 3864% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3370 | 1359 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 32 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | VIA Nano | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Power efficiency | 1.04 | 27.51 |
| Architecture codename | Isaiah (2009) | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
VIA Nano U2250 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 cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on VIA Nano U2250 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 configuration | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | NanoBGA2 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.11 | 4.36 |
| Recency | 1 January 2009 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
VIA Nano U2250 has 50% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 3500U, on the other hand, has a 3863.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the VIA Nano U2250 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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