Opteron X3421 vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Opteron X3421 by a whopping 107% 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 | 1590 | 2146 |
| Place by popularity | 51 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.99 | 5.30 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Excavator (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 10 June 2017 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and Opteron X3421 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 82 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 3,100 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Opteron X3421 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 |
| Socket | FP5 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Opteron X3421. 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 Opteron X3421 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Opteron X3421. 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) | Radeon Rx Series 8CU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Opteron X3421.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 8 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.88 | 1.87 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 10 June 2017 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 28 nm |
Ryzen 5 3500U has a 107.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Opteron X3421 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Opteron X3421 is a server/workstation one.
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