Intel Core i7-2620M vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M AMD Ryzen 3000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  2 3
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4 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
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  96 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Core i7-2620M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 20
• PCIe version
  2.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-2620M and AMD Ryzen 5 3500 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
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-2620M and AMD Ryzen 5 3500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Matisse (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 32 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q4/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1023 AM4
• Technology
  32 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V, SVM