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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-8265U vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 3500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 GHz to 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 iGPU with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1200 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops. In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Ryzen 5 3500C, but the specifications (and performance) are the same.

The Picasso SoC uses the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12 nm process allows for higher clocks at similar power consumption.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

Performance

The average 3500U in our database matches the Intel Core i7-1065G7 in multi-thread performance to be an OK lower mid-range option, as of early 2021.

The Honor MagicBook 14 is among the fastest laptops powered by the 3500U that we know of. It can be up to 50% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are free to set to anything between 12 W and 35 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Either way, this is a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The chip is manufactured on a 12 nm process for subpar, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-8265U

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The Intel Core i5-8265U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks and Ultrabooks based on the Whiskey Lake generation and will probably be announced in August 2018. Compared to the similar named Kaby Lake-R processors (e.g. Core i5-8250U), the Whiskey Lake CPUs are now produced in a further improved 14nm process (14nm++) and offer higher clock speeds. The architecture and features are the same. The i5-8265U offers e.g. high Turbo clock speeds of 3,9 GHz (versus 3,4 GHz of the i5-8250U) for a single core (3.8 for two cores, 3.7 GHz for all four cores). The integrated GPU is still named Intel UHD Graphics 620 and the dual-channel memory controller still supports the same RAM speeds as Kaby-Lake-R (DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133). Thermal Velocity Boost is not supported (only in the Core i7-8565U).

The Whiskey Lake SoCs are used with a new PCH produced in 14nm that supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) and CNVi WiFi/BT parts.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake and Kaby Lake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. That means Whiskey Lake is a Kaby Lake chip manufactured in the improved 14nm++ process.

Performance

The performance of the i5-8265U depends on the cooling solution of the laptop and the defined TDP limits for short and long term performance. We already saw big differences for Kaby Lake-R (e.g., i7-8550U benchmarks), especially for long term (sustained) performance. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how the additionalTurbo  clock speed can be made use of. For the Core i7, Intel estimates between 3-11% higher performance to the Kaby-Lake-R generation and that should be similar in the Core i5 (as long as the cooling is sufficient).

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Intel Gen 9.5) is untouched from the 8th Gen Kaby Lake chips. With fast dual-channel memory it can reach the performance of a dedicated GeForce 920M.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake and Whiskey Lake now also supports H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors announced in January should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in a further improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors (14nm++), the same as the 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors. Intel still specifies the TDP with 15 Watts, which is typical for ULV chips. Depending on the usage scenario, the TDP can vary between 7.5 (cTDP Down) and 25 Watts.

Warning: Above information is partly still based on rumors and leaks and may therefore change till release.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

► remove from comparison AMD R5 2600

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is a six-core desktop processor that can handle twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the second fastest Ryzen 5 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 5 2600 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 40% more efficient than the 95 W TDP Ryzen 5 2600 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has a base clock speed of 3.4 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 3.9 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 5 2600X. The Ryzen 5 2600 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 5 2600's six cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.

The Ryzen 5 2600 has good performance in games. Moreover, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a higher base clock than the Ryzen 7 2700. Seeing as many games currently lack multi-core support, this means that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than its technically superior sibling.

Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 5 2600.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 3500UIntel Core i5-8265UAMD Ryzen 5 2600
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Core i5AMD Ryzen 5
CodenamePicasso-U (Zen+)Whiskey Lake-UPinnacle Riege (Zen+)
Series: Core i5 Whiskey Lake-U
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8365U1.6 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8265U « 1.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Clock2100 - 3700 MHz1600 - 3900 MHz3400 - 3900 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB256 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB3 MB
L3 Cache4 MB6 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 86 / 12
TDP15 Watt15 Watt65 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4940 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm12 nm
max. Temp.105 °C95 °C
SocketFP5BGA1528AM4 (LGA1331)
FeaturesDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
Die Size213 mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 3500U
26.5 pt (37%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-8265U
27.9 pt (39%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 2600
29.7 pt (41%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
3500 Points (3%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1008 Points (43%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 317     avg: 354.3     median: 364 (40%)     max: 372 Points
380 Points (42%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1063     avg: 1436     median: 1477 (4%)     max: 1540 Points
2793 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 482     avg: 642     median: 650 (4%)     max: 682 Points
min: 457     avg: 592     median: 601.5 (4%)     max: 750 Points
min: 1245     avg: 1254     median: 1248 (8%)     max: 1270 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 131     avg: 142.4     median: 143 (43%)     max: 147 Points
min: 111     avg: 155     median: 159 (48%)     max: 164 Points
min: 155.9     avg: 157.4     median: 157.3 (47%)     max: 159 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
7.6 Points (10%)
min: 5.22     avg: 6     median: 5.7 (7%)     max: 7.22 Points
13.7 Points (18%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.7 Points (41%)
min: 1.73     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (44%)     max: 1.88 Points
1.8 Points (44%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4542     avg: 4556     median: 4557.5 (28%)     max: 4565 Points
min: 5841     avg: 6044     median: 6082 (37%)     max: 6209 Points
4726 Points (29%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 13249     avg: 16322     median: 17230.5 (12%)     max: 17578 Points
min: 16318     avg: 18952     median: 19418 (14%)     max: 22962 Points
28173 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 18924     avg: 21959     median: 21775.5 (15%)     max: 25361 Points
207%
1 R5 2600 +
45033 Points (31%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 7705     avg: 7880     median: 7919 (10%)     max: 7975 Points
101%
1 R5 2600 +
8024 Points (10%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
368.2 s (4%)
min: 371.4     avg: 402.4     median: 402.4 (5%)     max: 433.3 s
140.9 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
12.9 s (3%)
min: 9.635     avg: 11     median: 11 (2%)     max: 12.41 s
5.5 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2455 Points (4%)
min: 3215     avg: 4040     median: 3988 (6%)     max: 4916 Points
4517 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 15825     avg: 16929     median: 17024.5 (10%)     max: 17508 MIPS
30898 MIPS (18%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3502     avg: 3541     median: 3538 (42%)     max: 3580 MIPS
4020 MIPS (48%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
39.2 fps (14%)
min: 31.9     avg: 37.2     median: 39.1 (14%)     max: 40.5 fps
75 fps (26%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
134.8 fps (31%)
min: 150.5     avg: 158.7     median: 156 (36%)     max: 169.5 fps
205.3 fps (47%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.35     avg: 3.9     median: 4 (7%)     max: 4.15 fps
min: 7.79     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (14%)     max: 7.82 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.427     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.464 GB/s
0.7 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.7 GB/s (12%)
min: 0.708     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.789 GB/s
1 GB/s (17%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.4 GB/s (11%)
min: 4.1     avg: 4.3     median: 4.4 (11%)     max: 4.5 GB/s
7.5 GB/s (20%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
1565 Seconds (20%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 680     avg: 704     median: 694 (5%)     max: 796 Seconds
min: 374.2     avg: 375     median: 375 (3%)     max: 375.7 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.734     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.804 sec
min: 0.72     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.754 sec
0.7 sec (14%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 5044     avg: 5951     median: 5950.5 (13%)     max: 6857 Points
min: 5637     avg: 6330     median: 6316 (13%)     max: 7439 Points
9290 Points (20%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
12 s (3%)
min: 9.762     avg: 10     median: 9.8 (2%)     max: 10.32 s
11.2 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
27.8 s (1%)
min: 22.12     avg: 22.3     median: 22.2 (1%)     max: 22.43 s
24.3 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
697 s (3%)
min: 543     avg: 562     median: 552 (2%)     max: 590 s
615 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
18229 Points (16%)
240%
1 R5 2600 +
43794 Points (38%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5213     avg: 6267     median: 6402.5 (17%)     max: 6967 Points
min: 4154     avg: 6319     median: 6222 (17%)     max: 8443 Points
12405 Points (34%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 29562     avg: 32942     median: 30254 (25%)     max: 48997 Points
min: 21036     avg: 38716     median: 38144 (31%)     max: 50513 Points
69692 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30656     avg: 34184     median: 31241.5 (25%)     max: 49067 Points
min: 21037     avg: 37535     median: 36912 (30%)     max: 48588 Points
69478 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 26201     avg: 36686     median: 32088 (27%)     max: 54995 Points
min: 23095     avg: 49269     median: 52630 (44%)     max: 56737 Points
70522 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5217     avg: 6435     median: 6613 (17%)     max: 7132 Points
min: 3393     avg: 5794     median: 5651 (14%)     max: 8298 Points
11219 Points (28%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 7496     avg: 9199     median: 9380 (17%)     max: 10054 Points
min: 4640     avg: 7934     median: 8001 (14%)     max: 11278 Points
17063 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2450     avg: 2660     median: 2696 (11%)     max: 2880 Points
min: 1837     avg: 2540     median: 2657 (11%)     max: 2931 Points
6265 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 777     avg: 884     median: 898.5 (38%)     max: 905 Points
min: 1024     avg: 1039     median: 1041.5 (44%)     max: 1047 Points
min: 1014     avg: 1119     median: 1118.5 (47%)     max: 1223 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2543     avg: 3076     median: 3155.5 (6%)     max: 3234 Points
min: 3442     avg: 3669     median: 3624.5 (6%)     max: 3986 Points
min: 5767     avg: 6070     median: 6069.5 (11%)     max: 6372 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 772     avg: 880     median: 896 (4%)     max: 913 Points
min: 986     avg: 1015     median: 1017 (4%)     max: 1041 Points
1020 Points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2599     avg: 3035     median: 3118.5 (10%)     max: 3244 Points
min: 2973     avg: 3446     median: 3365 (11%)     max: 3962 Points
5885 Points (19%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3400     avg: 3785     median: 3893 (39%)     max: 3924 Points
min: 2106     avg: 4387     median: 4514 (45%)     max: 4830 Points
min: 4631     avg: 5109     median: 5109 (51%)     max: 5587 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10099     avg: 11388     median: 11783 (13%)     max: 12171 Points
min: 7144     avg: 13600     median: 13295 (15%)     max: 16249 Points
min: 20633     avg: 23018     median: 23018 (26%)     max: 25403 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3669 Points (50%)
min: 4229     avg: 4422     median: 4433 (60%)     max: 4605 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
10597 Points (26%)
min: 13168     avg: 13975     median: 14368 (35%)     max: 14390 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9503     avg: 12182     median: 13040 (23%)     max: 13145 Points
min: 12198     avg: 13659     median: 14002 (25%)     max: 14499 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3258     avg: 3405     median: 3442.5 (67%)     max: 3478 Points
min: 3470     avg: 3669     median: 3678.5 (72%)     max: 3842 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
13873 Points (22%)
min: 12221     avg: 13021     median: 13021 (20%)     max: 13821 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3682 Points (55%)
min: 3805     avg: 3906     median: 3906 (58%)     max: 4007 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6193 Points (50%)
min: 10592     avg: 10596     median: 10595.5 (85%)     max: 10599 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6118 Points (55%)
min: 8582     avg: 8660     median: 8660 (79%)     max: 8738 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
16467 Points (32%)
min: 11914     avg: 12181     median: 12181 (24%)     max: 12448 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
12317 Points (25%)
min: 12671     avg: 13099     median: 13099 (26%)     max: 13527 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
11917 Points (31%)
min: 11598     avg: 11639     median: 11639 (30%)     max: 11680 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1101     avg: 1272     median: 1274.5 (1%)     max: 1693 ms
min: 851     avg: 1141     median: 1194 (1%)     max: 1245 ms
951 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
128.8 ms (1%)
min: 83     avg: 93.5     median: 95.6 (1%)     max: 99.8 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 19083     avg: 26794     median: 27809 (25%)     max: 32938 Points
min: 12842     avg: 31246     median: 32120 (29%)     max: 35563 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
145.3 Points (42%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 145     avg: 154     median: 148 (31%)     max: 172 Points
min: 186     avg: 187     median: 187 (39%)     max: 188 Points
179 Points (37%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1006 Points (39%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 24     avg: 33.7     median: 34.7 (6%)     max: 42.5 Watt
157.5 Watt (27%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 34.5     avg: 37     median: 38 (7%)     max: 38.5 Watt
149.5 Watt (27%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 17.2     avg: 18.1     median: 18.1 (13%)     max: 18.9 Points per Watt
8.5 Points per Watt (6%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3500U → 100% n=40

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-8265U → 108% n=40

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 2600 → 153% n=40

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