AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Go

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen Z2 Go specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z2 Go is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Z2 Go. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen Z2 Go. Despite this, the Ryzen Z2 Go has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z2 Go. Despite this, the Ryzen Z2 Go has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z2 Go outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z2 Go. The Ryzen 5 3500 also has significantly more 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.