AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-3570K

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-3570K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500 beats the Core i5-3570K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3570K 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 Core i5-3570K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3570K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3570K. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.