Ryzen 5 3500U vs i3-8020

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1359
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data27.49
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i3-8020 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0PCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size126 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-8020 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket1151FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 4.51
Recency 1 September 2018 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 46% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i3-8020 and Ryzen 5 3500U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i3-8020 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook one.


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