Samsung Exynos 7870 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Samsung Exynos AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  1 3
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  1.60 GHz 3.60 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.60 GHz 4.10 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T830 MP1 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  1
• Shader
  16
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  Midgard 4
• Technology
  28nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Samsung Exynos 7870. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933
• Memory channels
  0 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Samsung Exynos 7870 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Samsung Exynos 7870 and Samsung Exynos 7870, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Matisse (Zen 2)
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  N/A AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q4/2019