AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5 14490F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 14490F with 10 cores 2.5GHz . 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

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 24MB)

Intel Core i5 14490F 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Intel Core i5 14490F +56%

2585

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i5 14490F +111%

13801

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i5 14490F

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Jan 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

Matisse

Core Architecture

Raptor Lake-R

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

Core i5 (Raptor Lake)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

257 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1800 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

6

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

25.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

-

4

PCIe Version

5

24

PCIe Lanes

16

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