AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i3-8350K

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Intel Core i3-8350K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i3-8350K

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-8350K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X.

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 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
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
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsCoffee Lake
Release DateSep 2019vsJan 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA1151
Die Size74mm²vs151mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i3-8350K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    4592 points
  • Intel Core i3-8350K
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    24192 points
  • Intel Core i3-8350K
    13440 points

Points - higher is better