AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-9500

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-9500

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 19.00 slightly less expensive

$ 149.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

6% slightly better overall score

3906 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

2% slightly better gaming score

6425 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

3132 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

3003 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

95.73 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4834 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1444 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4973 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1468 points

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

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

7% 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

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

441st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-9500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500X beats the Core i5-9500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. 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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.