AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs AMD A8-3500M

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and AMD A8-3500M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 3500U

• 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
• Around 54% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1943 vs 813
• 5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6932 vs 1400
• 2.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 726 vs 250
• 3.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2562 vs 753

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3500M

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
CPU 2: AMD A8-3500M

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1943 813
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	6932 1400
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	726 250
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2562 753

Compare specifications (specs)