Intel Pentium J6426 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium J6426 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium J6426

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium J6426

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
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 12 nm
L1 cache	1.5 MB vs 384 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1555
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7010 vs 4108

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956 vs 1555
PassMark - CPU mark	7010 vs 4108

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium J6426
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1555

1956

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4108

7010

Name	Intel Pentium J6426	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1555	1956
PassMark - CPU mark	4108	7010
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2529

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium J6426	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Elkhart Lake	Zen+
Launch date	Q1'21	8 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$96
Place in performance rating	1609	1706
Processor Number	J6426	PRO 3500U
Series	Intel Pentium Processor J Series	3000
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Family		Ryzen 5
OPN Tray		YM350BC4T4MFG
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.1 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB	384 KB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Operating Temperature Range	0°C to 70°C
L2 cache		2 MB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of GPU cores		8
Transistor count		4940 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	4x32 LPDDR4/x 3200MT/s Max 16GB / 2x64 DDR4 3200MT/s Max 32GB	DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	32	8
Graphics base frequency	400 MHz	1200 MHz
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
iGPU core count		8
Number of pipelines		512
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3	4
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@ 60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	Yes	12
OpenGL	Yes	4.6
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	35mm x 24mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1493	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-25 Watt
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	8	12
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	PCIe 0: 1 x4/2 x2/1 x2 + 2 x1/4 x1, PCIe 1-3: 1 x2/1 x1	1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4
Total number of SATA ports	2
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.0/3.1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
HD Audio
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)