AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

4503 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

4% slightly better gaming score

6227 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

3971 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

3849 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

4889 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

139.64 points

64% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

7102 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1673 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

7245 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

1728 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 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

430th of 1,089

389th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

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 3600XT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600XT performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 3600XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.