AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 19.99 slightly less expensive

$ 149.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

4724 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

18% slightly better gaming score

5587 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

4432 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

4341 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

3899 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

128.00 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5049 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

987 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5186 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% 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

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

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

768 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

4 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

372nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Ryzen 7 1700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Ryzen 5 3500X 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 1700.

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.