Celeron 925 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1261	not rated
Place by popularity	33	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+)	no data
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$672	$220

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925 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	4 (Quad-Core)	no data
Threads	8	no data
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925 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)	no data
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925 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 Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Celeron 925.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	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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Recency	6 January 2019	1 January 2011
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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