AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Xeon X5650

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1458.00
$ 46.96
$ 1411.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2357 points
6% slightly better overall score
2207 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3808 points
18% slightly better gaming score
3219 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
1889 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1850 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
1825 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.23 points
44.76 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2457 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2315 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

862 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
451 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2505 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2241 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points
96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
445 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.66 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.06 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

650th of 1,089
682nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January
2010 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Xeon X5650 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500U performs better than the Xeon X5650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon X5650 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon X5650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 Xeon X5650. Despite this, the Xeon X5650 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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.

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