AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 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

4187 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

6634 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

3411 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

3273 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3860 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

85.91 points

0.89% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

5905 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1536 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

5889 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

1572 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

Identical

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 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

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

447th of 1,118

436th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen 5 3500X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500X 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 and the same number of threads. Both the Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 3500X have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Ryzen 5 3500X 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.