Ryzen 5 PRO 230 vs Xeon Bronze 3508U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 PRO 230 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3508U by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1227 | 796 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) |
| Power efficiency | 5.47 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 1 October 2023 (2 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 22.5 MB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 83 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 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.
| Socket | FCLGA4677 | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 6 MB + 16 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 760M ( - 2600 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3508U and Ryzen 5 PRO 230.
| PCIe version | 4 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 80 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 6.38 | 11.19 |
| Recency | 1 October 2023 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 6 Watt |
Xeon Bronze 3508U has 33.3% more physical cores.
Ryzen 5 PRO 230, on the other hand, has a 75.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more threads, and 1983.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Bronze 3508U in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Bronze 3508U is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 230 is a notebook one.
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