Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 7 4700U specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 4700U beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 4700U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4700U has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4700U 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 7 4700U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500U. The Ryzen 7 4700U 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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