Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 7 1800X

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1800X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
10.29
+136%
Ryzen 5 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.36

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7601358
Place by popularitynot in top-10032
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency10.2627.53
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1800X 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 speed3.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3621
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 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1800X 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)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTMMX, 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+-
SenseMI+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1800X 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) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1800X 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 1800X 10.29
+136%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.36

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 16351
+136%
Ryzen 5 3500U 6932

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 1140
+32.3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 862

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 5673
+129%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2482

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 5062
+11.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 32833
+90.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 9585
+61.1%
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 4.6
+180%
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 18
+136%
Ryzen 5 3500U 8

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 1800X 1618
+149%
Ryzen 5 3500U 650

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 161
+12.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 143

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 1.79
+8.5%
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 9.7
+120%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4

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.

Ryzen 7 1800X 3967
+61.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455

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.  

Ryzen 7 1800X 84
+114%
Ryzen 5 3500U 39

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.  

Ryzen 7 1800X 179
+32.8%
Ryzen 5 3500U 135

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 1800X 6545
+107%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3157

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 1800X 295
Ryzen 5 3500U 694
+135%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 1800X 1023
+13.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 902

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 1800X 4062
+14.8%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3538

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 1800X 40776
+140%
Ryzen 5 3500U 17025

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 1800X 187
+26%
Ryzen 5 3500U 148

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Ryzen 7 1800X 30389
+133%
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Ryzen 7 1800X 4014
+16.6%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443

Geekbench 2

Ryzen 7 1800X 20615
+73%
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 7 1800X 21595
+104%
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 7 1800X 4490
+22.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.29 4.36
Recency 2 March 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 1800X has a 136% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 5 3500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 1800X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3500U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 1800X and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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