Ryzen Embedded V2A46 vs Ryzen 5 3500U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen Embedded V2A46 by a substantial 37% 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 | 1865 |
| Place by popularity | 51 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.99 | 3.43 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Renoir (2020−2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | 156 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | 9,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46 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 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46. 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 | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46. 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) | AMD Radeon Graphics 448SP |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Ryzen Embedded V2A46.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 20 |
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 | 2.83 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 4 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3500U has a 37.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Ryzen Embedded V2A46, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2A46 in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Ryzen Embedded V2A46 is a desktop one.
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