AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000U AMD Ryzen 2000
• Family
  Ryzen PRO Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen PRO 3000 Series Ryzen 2000 Series

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 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  8 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  3.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.6 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
  8 -
• Generation
  8 -
• GPU Frequency
  1200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Radeon Vega 8 Graphics None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2018 -
• Shader
  512 -
• Technology
  14 nm -
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 2700 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
• PCIe lanes
  12 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  2400 2933

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and AMD Ryzen 7 2700 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
  12-25 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °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 PRO 3500U and AMD Ryzen 7 2700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Picasso (Zen+) Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Codename
  Picasso Pinnacle Ridge
• 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
• L1-Cache
  0.375 MB 0.75 MB
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 16 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YM350BC4T4MFG YD2700BBM88AF
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Release date
  2019-04-08 2018-04-19
• Socket
  FP5 AM4
• Technology
  12nm 12nm FinFET
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-10-01 2026-10-01
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD2700BBAFBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD2700BBAFMPK