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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Nov 2020
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2019
    AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

    40 watts lower power draw.
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    MMX
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSSE3
    SSE4A
    SSE4.1
    SSE4.2
    AES
    AVX
    AVX2
    BMI1
    BMI2
    SHA
    F16C
    FMA3
    AMD64
    EVP
    AMD-V
    SMAP
    SMEP
    SMT
    Precision Boost 2
    XFR 2

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Zen 2
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel
    CodenameVermeervsMatisse
    Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2019

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    Cores8vs6
    Threads16vs6
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
    L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512K (per core)
    L3 Cache32MBvs32MB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
    Max Case Temp95°Cvs95°C
    PackagevsµOPGA-1331
    Die Sizeunknownvs74mm²
    Process7 nmvs7 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4100 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    VoltageN/AvsN/A
    TDP105 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
      5640 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      4592 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
      44505 points
    • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
      24192 points

    Points - higher is better

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