AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 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

4161 points
7213 points
73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points
10096 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points
6311 points
86% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points
6106 points
87% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points
5956 points
54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points
160.34 points
86% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

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
480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
7.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089
177th of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-12490F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12490F 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 but the Core i5-12490F has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher turbo 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, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12490F.

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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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