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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% (213th of 1442)

Based on 33,544 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: 68%Average: 81.7% Great: 91%
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X averaged just 18.2% 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. Quad Core Speed 490Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 129Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X is 22.3%. 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 Speed 653Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 637Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 33,544 samples)
Rank 21381.7%
Min Avg Max
61.6 Memory 74.3 83.8
106 1-Core 129 137
207 2-Core 255 274
82.8% 153 Pts
Min Avg Max
372 4-Core 490 542
467 8-Core 637 761
71.9% 564 Pts
Min Avg Max
486 64-Core 653 770
40.4% 653 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
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)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 76
1-Core 137
2-Core 207
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 818
85% 682 Pts
64-Core 818
51% 818 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 135
2-Core 265
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 510
8-Core 606
72% 558 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 77
1-Core 134
2-Core 264
86% 158 Pts
4-Core 519
8-Core 723
78% 621 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 70.7
1-Core 130
2-Core 262
83% 154 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 748
78% 627 Pts
64-Core 763
47% 763 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 61.4
1-Core 130
2-Core 255
79% 149 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 504
55% 434 Pts
64-Core 509
32% 509 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,763,934 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD  $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples543x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples439x
SSD
SSD 500GBKioxia-exceriaBench 175%, 10,941 samples188x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples188x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples169x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples368x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples309x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $484

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CPUPro
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2,072

Official site www.amd.com/...

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

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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

10 months ago.

VNM-User
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3,707

Excellent

2 years ago.

Cheap, affordable CPU, nice performance/price ratio

NLD-User
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3,510

Good

2 years ago.

it,s a verry good bang for the buck cpu

JPN-User
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3,408

Good

2 years ago.

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

PHL-User
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3,370

Excellent

9 months ago.

this specific processor is really underrated

PAK-User
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3,302

Excellent

2 years ago.

best processor for gaming and everything else

CPUPro
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2,072

Good

4 years ago.

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

4 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

4 years ago.

Interesting.

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

3 years 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

3 years ago.

Very good cpu for its price

boleslawwolowik
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4

Excellent

2 years 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.

bic_
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2

Average

7 months ago.

Its good enough for the price.

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