Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i9-10900X

General info

Comparing Core i9-10900X and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	440	1223
Place by popularity	not in top-100	34
Value for money	15.39	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-X (2019)	Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date	19 October 2019 (4 years old)	6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Current price	$600	$672

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Core i9-10900X 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	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	20	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	19.25 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	94 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-10900X 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	FCLGA2066	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-10900X 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, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-10900X and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	256 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	94 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-10900X and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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.

Core i9-10900X outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 223% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	14.68	4.54
Recency	19 October 2019	6 January 2019
Physical cores	10	4
Threads	20	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	15 Watt

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