i5-520E vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1326 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 46 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel Core i5 |
| Power efficiency | 27.60 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Westmere (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $210 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | 18 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 3 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 382 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| 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 Core i5-520E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3-1066 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 17.051 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | Intel HD Graphics |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 16 |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 4.50 | 0.77 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 7 January 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3500U has 484.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 166.7% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i5-520E. We've got no test results to judge.
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