AMD Ryzen 5 3500C vs AMD Athlon 320GE

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon 320GE AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
• Family
  AMD Athlon AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon 300 AMD Ryzen 3000C
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 2

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon 320GE vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 2.10 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  1.10 GHz 1.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3 8
• Shader
  192 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 8
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon 320GE or AMD Ryzen 5 3500C? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 25 W
• TDP down
  -- 12 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 \xc2\xb0C 105 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon 320GE and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  AM4 (LGA 1331) FP5
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Dali (Zen) Picasso (Zen+)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2020