Athlon X4 950 vs Ryzen 5 3500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	861	1719
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.67	3.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	no data	27 July 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$60
Current price	$137	$39 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	6	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950 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
Socket	Socket AM4	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Athlon X4 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

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 3500 outperforms Athlon X4 950 by 256% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.27	2.32
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	6	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	28 nm

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