AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-7400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U Intel Core i 7000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  2 7
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-6400
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 3000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-8400

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 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3 GHz 3.3 GHz

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 24
• Generation
  8 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1000 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q2/2016
• Shader
  512 192
• 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 Core i5-7400 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2400 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Intel Core i5-7400 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
  12-35 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  12 W -
• TDP up
  35 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500U and Intel Core i5-7400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Kaby 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, AVX2
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB -
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM3500C4T4MFG -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q1/2017
• Socket
  FP5 LGA 1151
• Technology
  12nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d