Xeon E3-1501M v6 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1346not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon E3
Power efficiency27.57no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)12 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.9 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier2129
L1 cache128K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)6 MB
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6. 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++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Intel HD Graphics P630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.50 3.11
Recency 6 January 2019 12 June 2017
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 3500U has 44.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E3-1501M v6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook processor while Xeon E3-1501M v6 is a mobile workstation one.


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