AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2357 points
161% significantly better overall score
903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3808 points
115% significantly better gaming score
1763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
184% significantly better multitasking score
678 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1850 points
182% significantly better heavy workload score
654 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.23 points
152% significantly higher Blender score
14.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2457 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1358 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

862 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
691 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2505 points
78% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1401 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
732 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
42% slightly higher turbo speed
2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

650th of 1,089
984th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-4200U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500U is faster than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U 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 i5-4200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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