AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 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
10982 points
170% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points
13108 points
101% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points
10252 points
211% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points
10031 points
217% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points
10082 points
110% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points
325.43 points
282% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points
18346 points
238% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points
3336 points
119% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache

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
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Ryzen 5 3500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.

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