MediaTek Kompanio 838 vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms MediaTek Kompanio 838 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1456 | 1715 |
| Place by popularity | 34 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Mediatek MediaTek Kompanio |
| Power efficiency | 27.39 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | no data |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Cortex-A78 / A55 (2022−2024) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 31 May 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | no data |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838 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 | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838. 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 | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| 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 | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) | ARM Mali-G57 MP3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and MediaTek Kompanio 838.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.29 | 3.18 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 31 May 2024 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
Ryzen 5 3500U has a 34.9% higher aggregate performance score.
MediaTek Kompanio 838, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more physical cores.
The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the MediaTek Kompanio 838 in performance tests.
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