Intel N97 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Comparative analysis of Intel N97 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N97

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2011 vs 1984
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5757 vs 5682
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 22 Sep 2020
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2011 vs 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 5757 vs 5682

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • 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
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 2MB (shared)
L3 cache 4 MB vs 6MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N97
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2011
1984
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5757
5682
Name Intel N97 AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark 2011 1984
PassMark - CPU mark 5757 5682

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel N97 AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake-N Zen+
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 22 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $128
Place in performance rating 1239 1252
Processor Number N97
Series Intel Processor N-series AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray YM350CC4T4MFG

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 96K (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 2MB (shared) 2 MB
L3 cache 6MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Compute Cores 12
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 8
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory frequency 4800 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 3200 MT/s, DDR5 4800 MT/s, LPDDR5 4800 MT/s

Graphics

Execution Units 24
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 8

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenGL 4.6

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1264 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 9
USB revision 2.0/3.2

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

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