AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Xeon 656
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2019
Feb 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Picasso
Granite Rapids
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Series
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Intel Xeon 6 processors
Package
Transistor Count
4.9 billions
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Manufacturing Process
12 nm
5 nm
Socket
FP5
Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption
12-35 W
210 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
98°C
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
20
Performance Core Threads
8
40
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
Total Core Count
4
20
Total Thread Count
8
40
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21x
29.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
112 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
2 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
72 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
4 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
35.76 GB/s
409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1200 MHz
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Shader Units
512
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Texture Units
32
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Raster Operation Units
8
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Execution Units
8
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Power Consumption
65 W
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Max Resolution
3840x2160 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
12
128
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
765
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Cinebench R23
2,752
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Geekbench 6
920
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Geekbench 5
550
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Geekbench 6
2,547
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Geekbench 5
2,859
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Blender
49
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Passmark CPU
1,954
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Passmark CPU
6,987
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.