Ryzen 5 3500U vs Celeron G550T

Primary Details

Comparing Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2567	1231
Place by popularity	not in top-100	35
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date	4 September 2011 (12 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	no data	$672

Detailed Specifications

Celeron G550T 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	2	8
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	131 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G550T 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	FCLGA1155	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G550T and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Celeron G550T by 534% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.71	4.50
Recency	4 September 2011	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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