AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Cores: 4
L3 cache: 4MB (shared)
TDP: 12-35 W
Transistor size: 12 nm

Ryzen 5 3500U - laptop processor produced by Amd for socket FP5 that has 4 cores and 8 threads. The base clock frequency of the CPU is 2100 MHz, but due to Turbo Core technology, it can perform up to 3700 MHz. The size of the L3 cache is 4 MB. Please note that this chip has integrated graphics Radeon Vega 8.

Review

Single-Core Performance

31

Multi-Core Performance

9

Power Efficiency

56

Integrated Graphics

39

NanoReview Final Score

27

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Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors

Cinebench 2024 (Single)

44

Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

149

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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

1044

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

2880

File compression	310.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation	19.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser	71.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer	92 Mpixels/sec
Text processing	88.3 pages/sec
Background blur	11.3 images/sec
Photo processing	28 images/sec
Ray tracing	4.41 Mpixels/sec

Sources: GeekBench [1] – 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions

Passmark CPU (Single-Core)

1911

Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)

6809

Integer math	24.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math	12.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers	15M Primes/sec
Random string sorting	10.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption	5.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression	93.6 MBytes/sec
Physics	367 Frames/sec
Extended instructions	3.5B Matrices/sec

Sources: PassMark [3] – 5693 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)

Blender CPU

34.13

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP

Cinebench 2024 / Watt	4.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt	82.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt	194.5 PPW
Blender / Watt	0.98 PPW

These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users

Date	Benchmark	Result
📘 2025-02-25 (Kirill_009)	GeekBench	643 / 1815

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General

Vendor	Amd
Released	January 6, 2019
Type	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64
Codename	Zen+ (Picasso)
Integrated GPU	Radeon Vega 8
Intel Equivalent	- Intel Core i5 1035G7
Successor	- AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

AMD Ryzen CPU ranking - 187th place

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores	4
P-Threads	8
Base Frequency (P)	2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)	3.7 GHz

Total
Total Cores	4
Total Threads	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x
L1 Cache	96K (per core)
L2 Cache	512K (per core)
L3 Cache	4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier	No

Package

Transistors	4.9 billions
Fabrication Process	12 nm
TDP (PL1)	12-35 W (configurable)
Socket	FP5
Peak Temperature	105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics	Radeon Vega 8
GPU Base Clock	300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1200 MHz
Shading Units	512
TMUs	32
ROPs	8
Execution Units	8
TGP	25 W

iGPU FLOPS

1.2 TFLOPS

See also: Radeon RX Vega 8 – integrated graphics of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Memory Support

Memory Types	- DDR4-2400
Max. Memory Size	32 GB
Memory Channels	2
Max. Memory Bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
ECC Support	Yes

Misc

Official Site	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U official page
PCI Express Version	3.0
PCI Express Lanes	12
Technologies	- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA - Performance: Precision Boost, SMT - Virtualization: AMD-V - Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP

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