AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Celeron G4930

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Celeron G4930 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 6 vs 2
  • 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
  • 16x 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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2505 vs 1987
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13178 vs 2591
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Nov 2019 vs 23 Apr 2019
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 3 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache 32 MB vs 2 MB
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2505 vs 1987
PassMark - CPU mark 13178 vs 2591

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G4930

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G4930

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2505
1987
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13178
2591
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Intel Celeron G4930
PassMark - Single thread mark 2505 1987
PassMark - CPU mark 13178 2591
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1175
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5292
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3860

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Intel Celeron G4930

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Launch date Nov 2019 23 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $170 $42
Place in performance rating 1226 1219
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number G4930

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.20 GHz
Front-side bus (FSB) 100 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 512 KB
L3 cache 32 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 2
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
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Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt

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 0x3E93
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
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 UHD Graphics 610

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

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

Security & Reliability

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