AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Ryzen 5 3500U – there is only one choice

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Από: Alex Iliev 15 Ιούνιος 2020 / 05:08 0

A little over one year ago, AMD started an offensive of gaining glory in the laptop market. They did so by integrating their Zen architecture into mobile chips and then offering it with an aggressive price tag to manufacturers. Some of them, couldn’t refuse. We all know how it played out. Going from 12nm to 7nm year on year, AMD is providing one of the biggest jumps in recent processor history – both in terms of the desktop machinery and in the laptop worlds. Now, in 2020, AMD offers quite a lot of Ryzen 4000 processors. Some are rated at 15W TDP (designated by the U at the end of the name), and others at 35/45W of TDP (the H-series).

Today, we are going to compare two products that bare some continuity in their names, but actually offer something pretty different. So, both of them are 15W chips, and the Ryzen 5 3500U is a four-core/eight-thread, while the Ryzen 5 4500U has six cores and six threads. Yep, there is no mistake – the “successor” lacks the multithreading technology, but our tests showed that this hardly makes a difference – take a look!

Quick specs

So, the major difference here is the architecture. While the Ryzen 5 3500U uses a 12nm manufacturing process, based on the AMD Zen+ technology, the newer Ryzen 5 4500U is built on the brand new 7nm node of Zen 2. As we mentioned, the former has four cores and eight threads, while the latter utilizes 6 cores with no multithreading. And while both of them have the same 15W TDP, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a TDP-down of 12W and TDP-up of 35W, whereas the Ryzen 5 4500U has a TDP-down of 10W and TDP-up of 25W. However, the new CPU offers higher base and boost clocks with 2.30-4.00 GHz, while the older unit goes from 2.10 GHz up to 3.70 GHz. In terms of the Cache size, the Ryzen 5 3500 has 2MB of L2 Cache and 4MB of L3 Cache, while its opponent goes with 3MB of L2 Cache and double the L3 Cache – 8MB. Last but not least, the Zen 2 processor completely obliterates its competitor when it comes to memory support – DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 versus DDR4-2400.

By the way, the situation with their integrated graphics solutions is particularly interesting – the Radeon RX Vega 8 has 8 “cores” and works at 1200 MHz, while the AMD Radeon Graphics (the official name of the Ryzen 5 4500U iGPU) has fewer cores – 6, but works at a significantly higher frequency – 1500 MHz.

More detailed specs here – AMD Ryzen 5 4500U / AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Specs table:

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Cores / Threads	6 / 6	4 / 8
Base / Max frequency	2.30 – 4.00 GHz	2.10 – 3.70 GHz
Cache	8 MB Cache	4 MB Cache
TDP / up / down	15W / 25W / 10W	15W / 35W / 12W
Memory support	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266	DDR4-2400

CPU Benchmarks

In 3D rendering, the Ryzen 5 3500U is 28% slower than its successor, while the difference in Photoshop is even bigger.

3D Rendering

Τα αποτελέσματα προέρχονται από τη δοκιμή CPU του Cinebench 20 (όσο υψηλότερη η βαθμολογία, τόσο καλύτερα)

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In synthetic GPU benchmarks, the older device is slower by 18-31%, depending on the test.

Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
AMD Radeon Graphics	109 fps	76 fps	53 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	65 fps	50 fps	38 fps

DOTA 2	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)	HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
AMD Radeon Graphics	111 fps	73 fps	42 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	84 fps	56 fps	31 fps

Performance summary (gaming tests)

Here, the improvement is even bigger – from 49% on the lowest settings to 37% at the far end.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U over AMD Ryzen 5 3500U	CS:GO	DOTA2	Average
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	+49%	+42%	+37%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U	–	–	–

Verdict

Since we would always expect the new generation to be faster than the old one, there was little surprise when we saw the results. However, we weren’t really expecting that much of a difference. Even a mid-range processor like the Ryzen 5 4500U proves to be a very respectable competitor in pretty much every circumstance. Not only it is significantly faster than the Ryzen 5 3500U, but its 7nm node offers a better optimization and makes the processor easier to cool down, which makes its advantage even bigger.

Although the Ryzen 5 4500U is the deal here, we shouldn’t downplay its predecessor. It is also a great choice for budget computing, but if you prefer more performance, better versatility, and higher efficiency – there is only one choice.