Ryzen 7 7800X vs Ryzen 5 3500U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1322not rated
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Zen 4
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.1 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)8 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)96 MB
Chip lithography12 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die size209.78 mm271+122 mm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X 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 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X. 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+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GB128 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)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 700% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 7800X, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 7 7800X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 7800X is a desktop one.


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