AMD Ryzen 5 3500C Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-05

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500C has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FP5 socket and was released in Q3/2020. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500C scores 719 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,080 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
Family:	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 3000C (3)
Architecture:	Picasso (Zen+)
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	AMD Ryzen 5 5625C

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500C has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C is 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	2.50 GHz

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500C has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C uses the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge), which has 512 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
GPU frequency:	1.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	8
Shader:	512
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2018

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	8
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	25 W
TDP down:	12 W
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500C is made in 12 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 6.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	12 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	FP5
L2-Cache:	2.00 MB
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q3/2020
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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.


	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	721
	Intel Pentium G3420 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	721
	Intel Core i3-6100TE 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	720
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	719
	Intel Core i5-2380P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	719
	Intel Core i7-4712HQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	718
	Intel Core i7-3610QE 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	717

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 2800H 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	3088
	MediaTek Kompanio 1300T 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3088
	Intel Core i5-7600T 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3084
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	3080
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	3079
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	3079
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	3079

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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	932
	AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	932
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	930
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	928
	AMD EPYC 7401P 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	928
	AMD EPYC 7351P 16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz	925
	Intel Core i3-7130U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	924

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.


	Intel Core i7-3632QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2083
	Intel Core i5-3550S 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2082
	Samsung Exynos 9820 8C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2075
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2072
	Samsung Exynos 9825 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	2069
	Intel Core i5-6360U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2067
	AMD Ryzen 3 5125C 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2064

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.


	Intel Core 3 processor 100U Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.25 GHz	1240
	Intel Core i3-1305U Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.25 GHz	1240
	Intel Core i3-1315U Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) @ 1.25 GHz	1240
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	1229
	AMD Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.60 GHz	1229
	AMD Ryzen Embedded R2514 AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	1229
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5475U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.60 GHz	1229

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.


	Intel Processor N100 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5417
	AMD Phenom II X6 1065T 6C 6T @ 3.40 GHz	5392
	Intel Xeon E3-1270 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	5388
	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	5377
	Apple A13 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz	5368
	Intel Core i5-4590 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	5353
	Intel Core i7-4701EQ 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	5350

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

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