Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1048	1261
Place by popularity	not in top-100	32
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.39	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date	30 September 2019 (4 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$162	$672

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Socket AM4	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	12

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 PRO 3400G outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.89	4.49
Integrated graphics card	5.49	4.50
Recency	30 September 2019	6 January 2019
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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