Intel Celeron N4000C vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 AMD Ryzen 3000U
• Family
  Intel Celeron Ryzen PRO
• Generation
  9 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen PRO 3000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.6 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 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
  12 8
• Generation
  9.5 8
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 1200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 600 Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q1/2018
• Shader
  96 512
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 8

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 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Intel Celeron N4000C. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  6 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 2400

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron N4000C and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  6 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 12 W
• TDP up
  - 35 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 12-25 W
• Default TDP
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron N4000C and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Picasso (Zen+)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2019 2019-04-08
• Socket
  BGA 1090 FP5
• Technology
  10 nm 12nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Picasso
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer OS Support
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YM350BC4T4MFG
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-10-01