AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs Intel Celeron G5950. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000C Intel Celeron G5000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Celeron
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  2 9
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  8 12
• Generation
  8 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel HD Graphics 610
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q3/2016
• Shader
  512 96
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron G5950 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  20 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Celeron G5950 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  12-25 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 58 W
• TDP down
  12 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500C and Intel Celeron G5950, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Comet Lake S
• Codename
  Picasso -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM350CC4T4MFG -
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html -
• Operating systems
  ChromeOS / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition -
• Release date
  2020-09-22 Q1/2021
• Socket
  FP5 LGA 1200
• Technology
  12nm 14 nm
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. -
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d