AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 130.00
$ 299.95 significantly less expensive
$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points
1% slightly better overall score
4081 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points
20% slightly better gaming score
5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points
3634 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points
3527 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
3543 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points
95.66 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5383 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1134 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5467 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1180 points

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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
115% significantly lower TDP
140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089
428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-5820K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500X beats the Core i7-5820K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-5820K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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