Ryzen 5 3500U vs Atom Z2520

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1356
Place by popularity	not in top-100	32
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	27.43
Architecture codename	Clovertrail (2013)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	27 February 2013 (11 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	65 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	140 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FC-MB4760	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
Smart Idle	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	8.5 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

SGX 544MP2

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z2520 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12
USB revision	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0	no data
Number of USB ports	2	no data
UART	3	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 February 2013	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	15 Watt

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