i7-4940MX Extreme Edition 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 ranking1475not rated
Place by popularity66not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Core i7EE
Power efficiency27.43no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesno data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date6 January 2019 (6 years ago)19 January 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0DMI
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
Multiplier2131
L1 cache128K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)8 MB
Chip lithography12 nm22 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition 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)no data
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt57 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition. 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++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels2no data
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)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 19 January 2014
Chip lithography 12 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 57 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has an age advantage of 4 years, a 83.3% more advanced lithography process, and 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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