7 250U vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1558not rated
Place by popularity45not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency10.98no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesIntel
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Raptor Lake-U (2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (6 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Performance-coresno data2
Efficient-coresno data8
Threads812
Base clock speed2.1 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size64 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core 7 250U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes128

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 10
Threads 8 12

7 250U has 150% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Intel Core 7 250U. We've got no test results to judge.

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