AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i3-1005G1 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500U is faster than the Core i3-1005G1. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1005G1 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-1005G1 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500U 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3500U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1005G1. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.