AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

4431 points

9% slightly better overall score

4057 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

6490 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

3294 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

3162 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points

4797 points

30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

85.14 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5320 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

1456 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5422 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

1517 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

430th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Ryzen 5 3500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads. Both the Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 5 3500 have the same clock speed. The Ryzen 5 3500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.