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    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

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