AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 AMD Ryzen 7000U
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Ryzen
• Generation
  3 6
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2500X -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 7000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x Zen 2
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.2 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
• Execution units
  - 2
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 1900 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU AMD Radeon 610M
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2022
• Shader
  - 128
• Technology
  - 6 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 7320U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - LPDDR5
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 44 GB/s
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Ryzen 3 7320U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 8 W
• Default TDP
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Mendocino (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 4 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-000000676
• Release date
  Q4/2019 2022-09-20
• Socket
  AM4 FT6
• Technology
  7 nm TSMC 6nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Codename
  - Mendocino
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux