AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT with 8 cores 3.9GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +36%

1679

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +48%

6343

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +35%

1319

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

971

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +140%

9327

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

3880

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +20%

2793

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

2313

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +148%

23540

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

9465

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Sep 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Zen+

AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AM4

Socket

AM4

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

4

16

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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