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

40 %
42 %
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

64 %
65 %
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

32 %
34 %
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

31 %
33 %
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4798
4963
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.07
95.81
0.78% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320
5905
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456
1536
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5339
5826
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1467
1530
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
Identical
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 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

199th of 622
188th of 622

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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September 2019

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen 5 3500X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X 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. 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.

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.

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