AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD FX-8350

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 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

54% significantly better overall score

2623 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

67% significantly better gaming score

3864 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

48% significantly better multitasking score

2225 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

48% significantly better heavy workload score

2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

258% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

83% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

162% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

195% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

172% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

210% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

8 MiB

166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

441st of 1,111

619th of 1,111

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs FX-8350 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500 is faster than the FX-8350. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 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 FX-8350 has 4 cores. Despite this, the FX-8350 has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500. Also, the FX-8350 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a FX-8350 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the FX-8350 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-8350.

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.