Xeon E-2234 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1345	1120
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	24.95
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon E
Power efficiency	27.57	7.65
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 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	8
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	36
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234. 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	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Intel UHD Graphics P630

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	N/A
Max resolution over eDP	no data	N/A
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	N/A
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	N/A
OpenGL	no data	N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E-2234.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.37	5.74
Integrated graphics card	4.50	6.39
Recency	6 January 2019	29 May 2019
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	71 Watt

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