AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 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

4057 points

5262 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

7888 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

4465 points

35% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

4309 points

36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

8307 points

73% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

141.62 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

7631 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1954 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

7239 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

2003 points

32% 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

33% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-11500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-11500 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. 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 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.