Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 7 1700

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1700
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
9.58
+113%

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking7491261
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.20no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329no data
Current price$212 (0.6x MSRP)$672

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads168
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache768 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm12 nm
Die size192 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-2400 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++
FMAFMA3+
AVX++
XFR-no data
SenseMI+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 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)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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 7 1700 9.58
+113%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.50

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 113% based on our aggregate 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 7 1700 14811
+113%
Ryzen 5 3500U 6953

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 113% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 1700 1009
+17.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 861

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 17% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 1700 5119
+108%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2457

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 108% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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 7 1700 4419
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+3.1%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700 by 3% 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 7 1700 29330
+70.2%
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 70% 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 7 1700 8335
+40.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 40% 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 7 1700 6
+115%
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700 by 115% 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 7 1700 16
+106%
Ryzen 5 3500U 8

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 106% 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 7 1700 1414
+118%
Ryzen 5 3500U 650

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 118% 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 7 1700 147
+2.8%
Ryzen 5 3500U 143

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% 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 7 1700 1.66
+0.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 1% 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 7 1700 7.2
+63.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 64% 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 7 1700 3447
+40.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 40% in WinRAR 4.0.

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 7 1700 74
+89.8%
Ryzen 5 3500U 39

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 90% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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 7 1700 154
+14.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 135

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 23920
+83.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 83% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 3343
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+3%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 1700 by 3% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 1700 18461
+54.9%
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 55% in Geekbench 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 1700 19292
+82.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 82% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 1700 4145
+13%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669

Ryzen 7 1700 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 13% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.58 4.50
Recency 2 March 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 7 1700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook one.


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