Xeon X3430 vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1361	2185
Place by popularity	32	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.41
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	27.51	1.44
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Lynnfield (2009−2010)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	8 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$189

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430 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	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	296 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	73 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	774 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430 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	FCLGA1156,LGA1156
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430. 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® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430 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 X3430 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 X3430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	21 GB/s
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)

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Xeon X3430.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
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	4.36	1.45
Recency	6 January 2019	8 September 2009
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

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