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Ryzen 5 3500X

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

Average Bench: 81.7% (157th of 1358)

Based on 46,543 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: 71%Average: 81.7% Great: 89%
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X averaged just 18.3% 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 121Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 240Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X is just 17.2%. 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 682Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 677Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 46,543 samples)
Rank 15781.7%
Min Avg Max
65.4 Memory 76.4 85.3
108 1-Core 121 127
209 2-Core 240 253
82.1% 146 Pts
Min Avg Max
388 4-Core 470 504
537 8-Core 677 753
74.1% 574 Pts
Min Avg Max
555 64-Core 682 755
45.8% 682 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 81.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 242
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 714
77% 597 Pts
64-Core 717
48% 717 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
84% Excellent
Memory 74.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 253
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 753
81% 628 Pts
64-Core 752
50% 752 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 73.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 706
77% 597 Pts
64-Core 722
48% 722 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
75.1% Very good
Memory 75.6
1-Core 113
2-Core 227
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 553
63% 480 Pts
64-Core 622
42% 622 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
74.3% Very good
Memory 61.7
1-Core 62.3
2-Core 156
54% 93.4 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 708
75% 587 Pts
64-Core 707
47% 707 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 54,507,162 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD  $160Bench 82%, 46,543 samples1x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 47%, 417,109 samples2,872x
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 55%, 843,727 samples2,837x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $265Bench 88%, 593,655 samples2,274x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples1,064x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 66%, 31,905 samples998x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 57,128 samples777x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 79%, 75,529 samples1,789x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 51,428 samples1,548x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples1,137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $352

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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

18 days ago.

VNM-User
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3,345

Excellent

5 months ago.

Cheap, affordable CPU, nice performance/price ratio

JPN-User
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3,220

Good

12 months ago.

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

NLD-User
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3,162

Good

9 months ago.

it,s a verry good bang for the buck cpu

PHL-User
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2,960

Good

11 days ago.

this specific processor is really underrated

PAK-User
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2,808

Excellent

9 months ago.

best processor for gaming and everything else

CPUPro
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1,992

Good

2 years ago.

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

2 years 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

2 years ago.

Interesting.

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

22 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

16 months ago.

Very good cpu for its price

boleslawwolowik
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4

Excellent

14 months 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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