AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 5300U beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.