AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

4161 points

6264 points

50% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

7696 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

5820 points

71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

5710 points

75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

6544 points

69% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

175.52 points

104% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

7263 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

1794 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

7587 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

1845 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 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

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

512 KiB

33% slightly 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

239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Ryzen 9 5900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X that 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 9 5900HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX.

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