Xeon E5-2689A v4 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1361	not rated
Place by popularity	32	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon E5
Power efficiency	27.51	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	QPI
Bus rate	no data	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	21	34
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	20 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4940 Million	3200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 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)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FP5	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4. 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	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1,536 GB
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)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon E5-2689A v4.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	40

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2019	20 June 2016
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	145 Watt

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