Opteron 252 vs Ryzen 5 3500

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500 and Opteron 252 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	864	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.67	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Troy (2005)
Release date	no data	February 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$63
Current price	$121	$353 (5.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500 and Opteron 252 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	6	1
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	90 nm
Number of transistors	no data	106 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500 and Opteron 252 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)	2
Socket	Socket AM4	940
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	92 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Opteron 252. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500 and Opteron 252 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 Opteron 252. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	no data
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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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	1
Threads	6	1
Chip lithography	7 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	92 Watt

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