i3-7100E vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1359not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core i3
Power efficiency27.51no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier2129
L1 cache128K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)3 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E. 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, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i3-7100E.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.51 3.11
Recency 6 January 2019 3 January 2017
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 45% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

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