AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Celeron G3920

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Celeron G3920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 6 vs 2
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 64 GB
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2501 vs 1781
  • 5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12787 vs 2358
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Nov 2019 vs September 2015
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4096 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2501 vs 1781
PassMark - CPU mark 12787 vs 2358

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3920

  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3432 vs 1128
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5672 vs 4846
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3432 vs 1128
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5672 vs 4846

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G3920

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2501
1781
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12787
2358
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1128
3432
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
4846
5672
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Intel Celeron G3920
PassMark - Single thread mark 2501 1781
PassMark - CPU mark 12787 2358
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3866
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1128 3432
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4846 5672
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2091
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2091

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Intel Celeron G3920

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Skylake
Launch date Nov 2019 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $155 $60
Place in performance rating 1276 1306
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $62.45
Processor Number G3920
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.69

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 2.90 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 100 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 2
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 150 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 65 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 51 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x1902
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Graphics max frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 510

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot