Ryzen 5 3500U vs i7-620UM

Place in the ranking	2713	1345
Place by popularity	not in top-100	36
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	3.63	27.57
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$278	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-620UM 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	1.06 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.13 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	21
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	209.78 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-620UM 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 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	BGA1288	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-620UM 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	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	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-620UM 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 Core i7-620UM and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-620UM and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.799 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-620UM and Ryzen 5 3500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-620UM and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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.

i7-620UM 0.69

Ryzen 5 3500U 4.37
+533%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-620UM 1091

Ryzen 5 3500U 6940
+536%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-620UM 2111

Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+116%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-620UM 4004

Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+330%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	4.37
Recency	7 January 2010	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has a 533.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-620UM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-620UM and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.