AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3954 points
4057 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6365 points
6490 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3235 points
3294 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3106 points
3162 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5061 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4797 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.13 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
85.14 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5688 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5320 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1604 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1456 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5870 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5422 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1700 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1517 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

438th of 1,089
430th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Ryzen 5 3500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500 is faster than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3300X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 3300X has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3300X. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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