Ryzen 5 3500U vs VIA Nano U2250
Primary details
Comparing VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1261 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 32 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | VIA Nano | AMD Ryzen 5 |
| Architecture codename | Isaiah (2009) | Picasso-U (Zen+) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $672 |
Detailed specifications
VIA Nano U2250 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus support | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4500 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on VIA Nano U2250 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | NanoBGA2 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by VIA Nano U2250 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 | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by VIA Nano U2250 and Ryzen 5 3500U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 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.
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 3500U outperforms VIA Nano U2250 by 3784% 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 3500U outperforms VIA Nano U2250 by 413% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
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%
VIA Nano U2250 outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U by 1251% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2009 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
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