AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores 3.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Advantages
Released 1 years and 1 months late
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 4.0)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
+33%
1551
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1166
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
+70%
11464
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6717
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
+31%
2173
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1650
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
+40%
9138
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6523
General Parameters
Oct 2020
Release Date
Sep 2019
Amd
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Core Architecture
Matisse
AM4
Socket
AMD Socket AM4
No
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
-
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95°C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
74 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
12 nm
-
I/O Die Size
124 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
37x
Multiplier
36.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
128 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
47.68 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Graphics Performance
1.18 TFLOPS
