Samsung Exynos 7884 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Last updated: 2023-09-06

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung Exynos 7884		AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
CPU comparison Samsung Exynos 7884 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Samsung Exynos 7884 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7884 was released in Q2/2018. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U was released in Q1/2019.

Samsung Exynos (46)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000U (10)
2	Generation	2
Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Picasso (Zen+)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Samsung Exynos 7884 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7884 is 1.60 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is at 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz).
Samsung Exynos 7884	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
8	Cores	4
8	Threads	8
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.60 GHz 2x Cortex-A73	A-Core	2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz)
1.35 GHz 6x Cortex-A53	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Samsung Exynos 7884	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Samsung Exynos 7884 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
ARM Mali-G71 MP2	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
0.77 GHz	GPU frequency	1.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
Bifrost 1	GPU Generation	8
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	8
32	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
ARM Mali-G71 MP2	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Samsung Exynos 7884 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
Samsung Exynos 7884	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
LPDDR4-1866	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	32 GB
0	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 7884 is --, while the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Samsung Exynos 7884	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	35 W
--	TDP down	12 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Samsung Exynos 7884 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Samsung Exynos 7884	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
14 nm	Technology	12 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP5
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2018	Release date	Q1/2019
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Samsung Exynos 7884 (29%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Samsung Exynos 7884 (27%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	232 (32%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	727 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	829 (32%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2579 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	254 (26%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	976 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	802 (28%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	2907 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.77 GHz	53 (4%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	1229 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	1521 (22%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	7020 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	53 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	228 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	876 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	3544 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	360 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	1483 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	33 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	574.1 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	350 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	1647 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	141 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Samsung Exynos 7884 8C 8T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	620 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Samsung Exynos 7884	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Unknown	Acer Swift 3 HP 14-dk0002ng HP 17-CA1105NG Lenovo IdeaPad C340

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