AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 32MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +74%

2039

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +303%

27084

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +80%

2971

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D +177%

18105

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

AM5

65 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

162 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

89°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

12

-

Performance Core Threads

24

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.4 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

6

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

44x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

448

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

4

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

28

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