AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-4460

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-4460 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500 beats the Core i5-4460 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4460. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4460. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4460. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 5 3500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.