AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 7 3700U

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 7 3700U
4.67
+2.9%

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking11801212
Place by popularitynot in top-10052
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years old)6 January 2019 (5 years old)
Current price$625 $672

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 3700U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm12 nm
Die size209.78 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C105 °C
Number of transistors4940 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700U 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)
SocketFP5FP5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 3500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-2400, 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, 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 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U 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 bandwidth38.397 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 10AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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 3700U 4.67
+2.9%
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.54

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% in our combined 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 3700U 7176
+3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 6966

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% 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 3700U 885
+2.9%
Ryzen 5 3500U 860

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% 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 3700U 2557
+4.3%
Ryzen 5 3500U 2452

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 4% 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 3700U 4411
Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+3.3%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U 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 3700U 15461
Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+11.4%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 11% 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 3700U 4595
Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+29.5%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 29% 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 3700U 13.48
Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+4.7%

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 5% 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 3700U 8
Ryzen 5 3500U 8
+0.3%

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 3700U 672
+3.4%
Ryzen 5 3500U 650

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 3% 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 3700U 139
Ryzen 5 3500U 143
+2.9%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U 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 3700U 1.59
Ryzen 5 3500U 1.65
+3.8%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 4% 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 3700U 3.8
Ryzen 5 3500U 4.4
+15.8%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 16% 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 3700U 2392
Ryzen 5 3500U 2455
+2.6%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 3% 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 7 3700U 105
Ryzen 5 3500U 135
+28.6%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 29% 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 7 3700U 27
Ryzen 5 3500U 39
+44.6%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 45% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 3700U 3003
Ryzen 5 3500U 3443
+14.6%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 15% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 3700U 10238
Ryzen 5 3500U 13040
+27.4%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 27% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 7 3700U 10025
Ryzen 5 3500U 11917
+18.9%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 19% in Geekbench 2.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 3700U 9117
Ryzen 5 3500U 10597
+16.2%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 16% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Ryzen 7 3700U 3247
Ryzen 5 3500U 3669
+13%

Ryzen 5 3500U outperforms Ryzen 7 3700U by 13% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.67 4.54
Integrated graphics card 4.24 4.48

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 3700U and Ryzen 5 3500U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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