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Ryzen 5 3500X

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

Average Bench: 83.7% (107th of 1316)

Based on 34,716 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: 74%Average: 83.7% Great: 91%
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X averaged just 16.2% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 127Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 253Pts

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 716Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 709Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,716 samples)
Rank 10783.7%
Min Avg Max
66.8 Memory 76.1 84.3
115 1-Core 127 134
227 2-Core 253 267
84.9% 152 Pts
Min Avg Max
421 4-Core 494 529
550 8-Core 709 788
77.8% 601 Pts
Min Avg Max
578 64-Core 716 788
48% 716 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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 79.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 511
8-Core 761
82% 636 Pts
64-Core 768
52% 768 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
86.3% Excellent
Memory 81.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 254
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 606
74% 557 Pts
64-Core 718
48% 718 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 80.3
1-Core 120
2-Core 233
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 659
74% 566 Pts
64-Core 674
45% 674 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 46,344,918 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 45%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD  $160Bench 84%, 34,716 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples2,366x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 364,096 samples2,286x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 304,309 samples1,775x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 65%, 343,970 samples833x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 69%, 23,036 samples768x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 65%, 40,713 samples613x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 81%, 62,843 samples1,336x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 43,736 samples1,156x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $68Bench 83%, 145,355 samples771x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $409

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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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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

20 days ago.

VNM-User
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3,113

Good

3 months ago.

Cheap, affordable CPU, nice performance/price ratio

JPN-User
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3,050

Good

1 month ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,936

Excellent

3 months ago.

it,s a verry good bang for the buck cpu

PHL-User
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2,728

Good

9 days ago.

this specific processor is really underrated

PAK-User
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2,562

Good

5 months ago.

best processor for gaming and everything else

CPUPro
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1,933

Good

23 months ago.

ColdSpy
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332

Excellent

23 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

23 months ago.

Interesting.

NorthStar
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54

Excellent

11 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

5 months ago.

Very good cpu for its price

boleslawwolowik
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4

Excellent

3 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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