Xeon L5420 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1261	2139
Place by popularity	33	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.27
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+)	no data
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$672	$88

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420 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)	no data
Threads	8	no data
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	57 °C
Number of transistors	4500 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420 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)	no data
Socket	FP5	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, 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	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
FSB parity	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	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 L5420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
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	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon L5420.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no 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.

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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.

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Xeon L5420 by 223% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.49	1.39
Recency	6 January 2019	1 January 2008
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

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