Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 5 4500U

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 5 4500U
2020
6 cores / 6 threads
7.15
+57.5%
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads
4.54

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 57% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking8971218
Place by popularitynot in top-10033
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years old)6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Current price$527 $672

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache384 KB384 KB
L2 cache3 MB2 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm12 nm
Die size156 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors9800 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP6FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR4-2400 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
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 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 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500U and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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 4500U 7.15
+57.5%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.54

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 57% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 4500U 10951
+57.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 6959

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 57% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 4500U 5337
+17.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 17% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 4500U 24156
+40.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 40% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 4500U 8934
+50.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 50% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 4500U 8.3
+55.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 5 4500U by 55% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 4500U 11
+43.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 8

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 43% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 4500U 892
+37.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 650

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 37% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen 5 4500U 174
+21.7%
Ryzen 5 3500U 143

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 22% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 4500U 2.03
+23%
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 23% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 4500U 4.9
+11.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 11% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 4500U 3493
+42.3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 42% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 4500U 210
+55.8%
Ryzen 5 3500U 135

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 56% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 4500U 59
+51.3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 39

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 51% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 4500U 3960
+15%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 15% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 4500U 18690
+43.3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 43% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 4500U 14964
+25.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917

Ryzen 5 4500U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 26% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.15 4.54
Integrated graphics card 6.24 4.48
Recency 6 January 2020 6 January 2019
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm

The Ryzen 5 4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in performance tests.


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