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AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U vs AMD Ryzen 7 3780U

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 PRO 3500U

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is a mobile SoC for business laptops that was announced in April  2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics card 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. Compared to the similar consumer variant Ryzen 5 3500U, the PRO model features additional management and security features (e.g., full memory encryption) and longer warranty / availability.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

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.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Therefore, the Ryzen 5 3500U should be ahead the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U (2 - 3.6 GHz) and nearly on par with the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U (2.2 - 3.8 GHz).

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.

AMD Ryzen 7 3780U

► remove from comparison AMD R7 3780U

The AMD Ryzen 7 3780U,a Microsoft Surface edition chip, is a mobile SoC that was announced in Oct 2019 as part of the new Surface Laptop 15. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.3 - 4 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 11 graphics card with 11 CUs (704 Shaders) clocked at up to 1400 MHz. Specified at 15 Watt TDP, the SoC is intended for thin mid-range laptops.

Compared to the similar Ryzen 7 3700U, the 3780U offers the faster Vega 11 instead of the Vega 10 GPU.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPC (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

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

While we have not tested a single system powered by the 3780U as of August 2023, it's safe to expect the chip to be about as fast as the Ryzen 7 3700U, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500UAMD Athlon Gold 3150UAMD Ryzen 7 3780U
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
CodenameZen+Dali (Zen)Picasso-U (Zen+)
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Picasso-U (Zen+)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3350U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 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
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U « 2.3 - 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 3500U2.1 - 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
Clock2100 - 3700 MHz2400 - 3300 MHz2300 - 4000 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB192 KB384 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache4 MB4 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 44 / 8
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors4500 Million4500 Million4500 Million
Technology12 nm14 nm12 nm
SocketAM4FP5FP5
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTDDR4-2400 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, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comwww.amd.comwww.amd.com
max. Temp.95 °C105 °C

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 PRO 3500U
26.2 pt (36%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - Athlon 3150U
22.8 pt (32%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 354     avg: 361.5     median: 361.5 (40%)     max: 369 Points
303 Points (34%)
290 Points (32%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1328     avg: 1339     median: 1338.5 (3%)     max: 1349 Points
795 Points (2%)
1580 Points (4%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 611     avg: 624     median: 624 (4%)     max: 637 Points
352 Points (2%)
788 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 140     avg: 142     median: 142 (43%)     max: 144 Points
117 Points (35%)
166 Points (50%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
4 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.4 Points (34%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
3639 Points (22%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
7566 Points (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
1280 s (15%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
40.1 s (8%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
1631 Points (3%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 15910     avg: 16221     median: 16220.5 (9%)     max: 16531 MIPS
8752 MIPS (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3432     avg: 3474     median: 3474 (42%)     max: 3516 MIPS
3065 MIPS (37%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
22.5 fps (8%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
106.6 fps (25%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.36     avg: 3.5     median: 3.5 (6%)     max: 3.6 fps
2 fps (4%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.3 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.2 GB/s (6%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 786     avg: 796     median: 795.5 (6%)     max: 805 Seconds
1348 Seconds (9%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.8 sec (17%)
0.9 sec (19%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4189 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
13.9 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
727 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5150     avg: 5781     median: 5781 (16%)     max: 6412 Points
4287 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
43514 Points (35%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5629     avg: 5860     median: 5859.5 (15%)     max: 6090 Points
3923 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8547     avg: 8809     median: 8808.5 (16%)     max: 9070 Points
5692 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2595     avg: 2638     median: 2638 (11%)     max: 2681 Points
1862 Points (8%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
863 Points (36%)
751 Points (32%)
940 Points (40%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2824 Points (5%)
1847 Points (3%)
3050 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
890 Points (4%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
3380 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3820 Points (38%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
10419 Points (12%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1097     avg: 1211     median: 1211 (1%)     max: 1325 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 27185     avg: 27437     median: 27437 (25%)     max: 27689 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
142 Points (30%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks AMD Athlon Gold 3150U → 72% n=6

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 7 3780U → 110% n=6

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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