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AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs AMD Ryzen 3 3200U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

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.

AMD Ryzen 3 3200U

► remove from comparison AMD R3 3200U

The AMD Ryzen 3 3200U is a dual-core SoC designed for laptops that was announced in January 2019. The Ryzen features two Zen cores with support for the thread-doubling SMT tech, clocked at 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz. The built-in Radeon RX Vega 3 iGPU has 3 CUs (192 unified shaders) clocked at up to 1,200 MHz. The default TDP is 15 W which makes the Ryzen a good fit for thin mid-range laptops.

In comparison to the faster Ryzen 3000 CPUs, the 3200U is not using the newer Zen+ microarchitecture and is still manufactured in 14nm. Compared to the old Ryzen 3 2200U, the 3200U therefore only offers a 100 MHz higher clock speed.

The Ryzen 3 is compatible with single-channel or dual-channel DDR4-2400 RAM.

Please go to our Raven Ridge launch article for details on the architecture and more.

Performance

The average 3200U in our extensive database is anything but a performance monster, its multi-thread benchmark scores only just matching those of the Core i3-8130U and the Pentium N6000. While not as atrociously slow as most N-series and J-series Intel chips, this specific Ryzen is good enough for basic day-to-day activities only.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 3 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W. Laptop makers are free to change that to anything between 12 W and 25 W; most will go for a higher value to extract more performance out of it. Either way, an active cooling solution will be needed to dissipate the heat.

The R3 3200U is built with a 14 nm manufacturing process for low, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

► remove from comparison AMD Athlon 3150U

The AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is a mobile processor for thin and light entry level laptops. It is based on the Dali series (Raven Ridge Dual Core) and offers two Zen cores clocked at 2.6 to 3.3 GHz with SMT (four threads at once) and 4 MB L3-Cache. The integrated graphics card is called Radeon RX Vega 3 and offers only 3 CUs (192 Shaders) clocked at up to 1000 MHz.

In Chromebooks, AMD calles the APU AMD Athlon Gold 3150C, but with the exact same specifications (and performance).

Performance

The average 3150U in our database is in the same league as the Core i3-10110U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. In other words, this is an entry-level chip, as of mid 2022. While not slow by any means, it is anything but fast, either.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

The Athlon has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 12 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. Most will go for a higher value to reach higher performance levels. Either way, an active cooling solution will be needed to dissipate the heat.

The AMD 3150U is built with a 14 nm manufacturing process resulting in low, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 3500UAMD Ryzen 3 3200UAMD Athlon Gold 3150U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenamePicasso-U (Zen+)Picasso-U (Zen)Dali (Zen)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Dali (Zen)
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
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U « 2.4 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U2.3 - 3.2 GHz2 / 2 cores4 MB L3
Clock2100 - 3700 MHz2600 - 3500 MHz2400 - 3300 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB192 KB192 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB1 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C95 °C
SocketFP5FP5FP5
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, SMEDDR4-2400 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, SMEDDR4-2400 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, SME
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com

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 - R3 3200U
23.5 pt (33%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Athlon 3150U
22.8 pt (32%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 1767     avg: 1786     median: 1786 (2%)     max: 1804 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 208     avg: 584     median: 765 (33%)     max: 780 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 317     avg: 354.3     median: 364 (40%)     max: 372 Points
min: 274     avg: 298.2     median: 301 (33%)     max: 318 Points
303 Points (34%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1063     avg: 1436     median: 1477 (4%)     max: 1540 Points
min: 453     avg: 607     median: 690 (2%)     max: 727 Points
795 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 482     avg: 642     median: 650 (4%)     max: 682 Points
min: 318     avg: 335     median: 334 (2%)     max: 353 Points
352 Points (2%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 131     avg: 142.4     median: 143 (43%)     max: 147 Points
min: 126     avg: 128.3     median: 129 (39%)     max: 130 Points
117 Points (35%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
7.6 Points (10%)
4 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.7 Points (41%)
1.4 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4542     avg: 4556     median: 4557.5 (28%)     max: 4565 Points
4258 Points (26%)
3639 Points (22%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 13249     avg: 16322     median: 17230.5 (12%)     max: 17578 Points
9284 Points (7%)
7566 Points (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
368.2 s (4%)
483.5 s (6%)
1280 s (15%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
12.9 s (3%)
14 s (3%)
40.1 s (8%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2455 Points (4%)
1613 Points (3%)
1631 Points (3%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 15825     avg: 16929     median: 17024.5 (10%)     max: 17508 MIPS
min: 8785     avg: 9083     median: 9081.5 (5%)     max: 9382 MIPS
8752 MIPS (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3502     avg: 3541     median: 3538 (42%)     max: 3580 MIPS
min: 3333     avg: 3371     median: 3372 (40%)     max: 3406 MIPS
3065 MIPS (37%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
39.2 fps (14%)
19.5 fps (7%)
22.5 fps (8%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
134.8 fps (31%)
97.8 fps (23%)
106.6 fps (25%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.35     avg: 3.9     median: 4 (7%)     max: 4.15 fps
min: 1.864     avg: 2     median: 2 (3%)     max: 2.03 fps
2 fps (4%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.7 GB/s (12%)
0.4 GB/s (6%)
0.3 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
4.4 GB/s (11%)
2.2 GB/s (6%)
2.2 GB/s (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 680     avg: 704     median: 694 (5%)     max: 796 Seconds
min: 1439     avg: 1484     median: 1485 (10%)     max: 1528 Seconds
1348 Seconds (9%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.734     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (16%)     max: 0.804 sec
min: 0.846     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (18%)     max: 0.852 sec
0.9 sec (19%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 5044     avg: 5951     median: 5950.5 (13%)     max: 6857 Points
3755 Points (8%)
4189 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
12 s (3%)
12.5 s (3%)
13.9 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
27.8 s (1%)
29 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
697 s (3%)
730 s (3%)
727 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
18229 Points (16%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5213     avg: 6267     median: 6402.5 (17%)     max: 6967 Points
min: 3653     avg: 3758     median: 3772 (10%)     max: 3835 Points
4287 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 29562     avg: 32942     median: 30254 (25%)     max: 48997 Points
min: 40774     avg: 42358     median: 41370 (34%)     max: 45919 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 30656     avg: 34184     median: 31241.5 (25%)     max: 49067 Points
min: 39108     avg: 41332     median: 41308 (34%)     max: 43602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 26201     avg: 36686     median: 32088 (27%)     max: 54995 Points
min: 44389     avg: 48213     median: 48111 (41%)     max: 52242 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5217     avg: 6435     median: 6613 (17%)     max: 7132 Points
min: 3321     avg: 3335     median: 3329 (8%)     max: 3362 Points
3923 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 7496     avg: 9199     median: 9380 (17%)     max: 10054 Points
min: 4743     avg: 4930     median: 4867 (9%)     max: 5241 Points
5692 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2450     avg: 2660     median: 2696 (11%)     max: 2880 Points
min: 1509     avg: 1536     median: 1541 (6%)     max: 1553 Points
1862 Points (8%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 777     avg: 884     median: 898.5 (38%)     max: 905 Points
min: 770     avg: 803     median: 796.5 (34%)     max: 847 Points
751 Points (32%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2543     avg: 3076     median: 3155.5 (6%)     max: 3234 Points
min: 1604     avg: 1661     median: 1651.5 (3%)     max: 1736 Points
1847 Points (3%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 772     avg: 880     median: 896 (4%)     max: 913 Points
min: 823     avg: 827     median: 826.5 (4%)     max: 830 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2599     avg: 3035     median: 3118.5 (10%)     max: 3244 Points
min: 1529     avg: 1649     median: 1649 (5%)     max: 1769 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3400     avg: 3785     median: 3893 (39%)     max: 3924 Points
min: 3366     avg: 3562     median: 3562 (36%)     max: 3758 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 10099     avg: 11388     median: 11783 (13%)     max: 12171 Points
min: 6553     avg: 7143     median: 7143 (8%)     max: 7733 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
3669 Points (50%)
3626 Points (49%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
10597 Points (26%)
7237 Points (18%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9503     avg: 12182     median: 13040 (23%)     max: 13145 Points
6922 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3258     avg: 3405     median: 3442.5 (67%)     max: 3478 Points
3282 Points (64%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
13873 Points (22%)
7496 Points (12%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
3682 Points (55%)
3673 Points (55%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6193 Points (50%)
7535 Points (61%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
6118 Points (55%)
5586 Points (51%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
16467 Points (32%)
9447 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
12317 Points (25%)
7540 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
11917 Points (31%)
7816 Points (20%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1101     avg: 1272     median: 1274.5 (1%)     max: 1693 ms
min: 1185     avg: 1243     median: 1205.5 (1%)     max: 1374 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
128.8 ms (1%)
130.3 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 19083     avg: 26794     median: 27809 (25%)     max: 32938 Points
23991 Points (22%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 145     avg: 154     median: 148 (31%)     max: 172 Points
min: 137     avg: 142.3     median: 139 (29%)     max: 154 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 24     avg: 33.7     median: 34.7 (6%)     max: 42.5 Watt
17.2 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 34.5     avg: 37     median: 38 (7%)     max: 38.5 Watt
19.4 Watt (4%)
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
18.2 Points per Watt (14%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3500U → 100% n=28

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 3 3200U → 70% n=28

Average Benchmarks AMD Athlon Gold 3150U → 71% n=28

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