Intel N50 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Comparative analysis of Intel N50 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel N50

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N50

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 12 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Launch date	3 Jan 2023 vs 8 April 2019
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
1048576x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
699050.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1954 vs 1536
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6999 vs 2350

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 2MB (shared)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 6MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1954 vs 1536
PassMark - CPU mark	6999 vs 2350

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N50
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1536

1954

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2350

6999

Name	Intel N50	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1536	1954
PassMark - CPU mark	2350	6999
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2529

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel N50	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
Essentials
Launch date	3 Jan 2023	8 April 2019
Place in performance rating	1574	1611
Architecture codename		Zen+
Family		Ryzen 5
OPN Tray		YM350BC4T4MFG
Processor Number		PRO 3500U
Series		3000
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	1000 MHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	2MB (shared)	2 MB
L3 cache	6MB (shared)	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		4940 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR5, 4800 MHz, Single-channel	DDR4-2400
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	Intel BGA 1264	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-25 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 9 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		12
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Execution Units		8
Graphics base frequency		1200 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Number of pipelines		512
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.6
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)