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Ryzen 5 3500X

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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 84.4% (103rd of 1316)

Based on 31,412 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00870F10 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-Core Processor

The upcoming hex-core, third generation Ryzen 5 3500X, shares the same Zen 2 7nm microarchitecture as the incumbent 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 3600. The 3500X has a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock just short of the 3600’s 4.2 GHz, at 4.1 GHz. It also has 35 MB of cache and a TDP of 65W. Given the architecture and clock speeds, the 3500X will offer very similar gaming performance to the SMT enabled 12-thread 3600, but at a significant discount in price. Early UserBenchmarks show that there is just a 1% gap in effective speed between the 3500X and 3600. Also anticipated for release is the non-X, Ryzen 5 3500, which will have slightly less L3 cache. [Oct '19 CPUPro]

Poor: 75%Average: 84.4% Great: 91%
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X averaged just 15.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 128Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 254Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X is just 16%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 719Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 710Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 31,412 samples)
Rank 10384.4%
Min Avg Max
67.7 Memory 77.1 84.5
117 1-Core 128 133
231 2-Core 254 266
85.6% 153 Pts
Min Avg Max
427 4-Core 495 528
566 8-Core 710 790
77.9% 603 Pts
Min Avg Max
596 64-Core 719 791
48.2% 719 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 81
1-Core 132
2-Core 264
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 528
8-Core 779
84% 653 Pts
64-Core 765
51% 765 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 78.3
1-Core 132
2-Core 263
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 526
8-Core 758
83% 642 Pts
64-Core 749
50% 749 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 77.6
1-Core 132
2-Core 264
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 524
8-Core 597
75% 560 Pts
64-Core 672
45% 672 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 76.5
1-Core 129
2-Core 251
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 721
79% 611 Pts
64-Core 723
48% 723 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
70.8% Very good
Memory 58.6
1-Core 69.6
2-Core 173
56% 100 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 580
68% 519 Pts
64-Core 562
38% 562 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 44,035,312 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD  $160Bench 84%, 31,412 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples2,182x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 343,103 samples2,047x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples1,607x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 62%, 298,090 samples756x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 70%, 22,983 samples688x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 63%, 38,832 samples540x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 79%, 52,073 samples1,175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 44,307 samples1,028x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $83Bench 84%, 127,663 samples716x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $415

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

3rd generation AMD Ryzen processor, built to perform, designed to win...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 hr ago.

JPN-User
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3,012

Excellent

4 months ago.

i had the perfect experience with my rx 570 4gb and this ryzen 5 3500x processor.

VNM-User
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2,999

Good

2 days ago.

Cheap, affordable CPU, nice performance/price ratio

NLD-User
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2,860

Excellent

15 days ago.

it,s a verry good bang for the buck cpu

PHL-User
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2,636

Excellent

16 days ago.

this specific processor is really underrated

PAK-User
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2,476

Good

2 months ago.

best processor for gaming and everything else

CPUPro
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1,933

Good

20 months ago.

ColdSpy
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332

Excellent

20 months ago.

Recently released to compete with Intel Core i5-9400F, this CPU, unlike the more powerful Ryzen 5 3600, doesn't come with multithreaded support but retained large amount of L3 cache and the PCIe 4.0 support that the new Zen 2 CPUs had. Judging from the recent benchmarks which suggested Ryzen 5 3500X being very competitive against the Intel counterpart at both of the performance and value which many users would look for.

Vycyous
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196

Good

20 months ago.

Interesting.

NorthStar
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52

Excellent

8 months ago.

Managed to pick one up for $100. Great all-around CPU for gaming and light workstation. Unfortunately, I did not win the silicon lottery and got a chip that can only overclock to 4.025GHz at 1.275V. Still managed to bench a decent single and quad core score on UBM.

Spartakus
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4

Good

2 months ago.

Very good cpu for its price

boleslawwolowik
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4

Excellent

5 days ago.

On 16th of Feb 2021 paid only 136 euro (620PLN) for this brand new chip but with no cooling. Amazing value! Performance basically the same as of Ryzen 5 3600 but at a much lower price. Super happy with it! Coupled with Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo so it runs really cool - idles around 45 Celsius but stressed does not exceed 70.

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