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    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2018
    AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2
    Precision Boost

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Zen+
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
    CodenameMatissevsZen
    Release DateSep 2019vsAug 2018

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    Cores6vs4
    Threads6vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
    PackageµOPGA-1331vsµOPGA-1331
    Die Size74mm²vs210mm²
    Process7 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 3500XAMD Ryzen 3 2300X
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
    Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    VoltageN/Avsvariable
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      4592 points
    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      4620 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      24192 points
    • AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
      15400 points

    Points - higher is better

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