AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Processor comparisons 31-01-2023

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and see which is better for games or normal use for streaming, video editing, rendering, programming, machine learning. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in special testing software like SuperPi, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, WPrime, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, RealBench, Blender, VeraCrypt, Furmark, Handbrake, 3DMark, PassMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, Blender, 7zip, Prime95, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Watch Dogs Legion
Halo Infinite
Overwatch
Valheim
DOOM: Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Valorant
Death Stranding
Fallout 76
Fortnite
Last Man Standing
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
Rainbow Six Siege
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Apex Legends
Assassin's Creed Valhalla

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 3500X or AMD Ryzen 7 5700X.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 7 5700X

58%

Ryzen 5 3500X

54%

This shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 7 5700X is 6% better than Ryzen 5 3500X. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 7 5700X

56%

Ryzen 5 3500X

53%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Control, Hitman 3, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	99.4	94.1
Valorant	113.0	106.9
Cyberpunk 2077	63.3	59.9
Apex Legends	106.2	100.5
Call of Duty Warzone	84.7	80.2
Overwatch	91.5	86.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	78.0	73.8
DOOM Eternal	56.5	53.5
Warzone	88.1	83.4
Assassin's Creed	94.9	89.8
Valheim	93.8	88.7

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 7 5700X

83%

Ryzen 5 3500X

65%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 5700X is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 5 3500X since it has less power consumption: 65W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Cinbench 15 Single-core	271	188
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	2603	1129
Cinbench 20 Single-core	626	464
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	5702	2652
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1554	1126
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	15867	7797

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Single-Core	3466	2562
Multi-Core	28685	13476

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Single-Core	1637	1272
Multi-Core	11208	5963

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in new games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Announcement date	April 04, 2022	September 24, 2019
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	AM4
Core name	Vermeer	Matisse
Architecture	Zen 3	Zen 2
Generation	5	3
Turbo Frequency	4.6 MHz	4.1 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	3.6 MHz
Cores	8	6
Threads	16	6
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	6200 millions	4200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	3200	3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache		384KB
L2 cache	4MB	3MB
L3 cache	32MB	32MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000926 100-100000926WOF	100-000000158 100-100000158CBX 100-100000158MPK

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 3500X is 5% better than Ryzen 7 5700X in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 5700X has 2 more core than Ryzen 5 3500X. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is better: 28
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 3500X is better: 2
Although it should be realized that all the number in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X before making a decision which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 7 5700X specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 5 3500X specs and review.