Ryzen 9 9850HX vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.90
Ryzen 9 9850HX
2025
12 cores / 24 threads, 45 Watt
29.99
+669%

Ryzen 9 9850HX outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by a whopping 669% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1549167
Place by popularity42not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045)
Power efficiency10.9928.17
DesignerAMDAMD
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesno data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025)
Release date6 January 2019 (6 years ago)6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 9 9850HX 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads824
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)960 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)12 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)64 MB
Chip lithography12 nmno data
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 Ryzen 9 9850HX 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 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 9 9850HX. 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 9 9850HX are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 9 9850HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
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)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen 9 9850HX.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no 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.

Ryzen 5 3500U 3.90
Ryzen 9 9850HX 29.99
+669%

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.

Ryzen 5 3500U 6859
Ryzen 9 9850HX 52693
+668%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.90 29.99
Integrated graphics card 4.15 2.63
Recency 6 January 2019 6 January 2025
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 8 24
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 57.8% faster integrated GPU, and 200% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 9 9850HX, on the other hand, has a 669% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U in performance tests.

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