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AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 6 Cores and 6 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games, but may be a bottleneck on newer releases. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 6

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 3500 6-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 166.13

Overall Rank:
1114th fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
930th fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
362nd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $76.99 USD (2025-03-19)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
12790
Single Thread Rating
2499

Samples: 795*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 14,781
Thread: 2,730

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Integer Math32,683 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math23,257 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers90 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting16,247 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption7,280 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression143,582 KBytes/Sec
Physics817 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,109 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,499 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
NewEgg.com$76.99 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,755
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,336
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,048
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,491
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,196
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 12,790
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 166.13
Intel Core i9-13900K
 112.99
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Intel Core i9-12900K
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 2,499
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2512900 - Mar 27 2025
11141
BL2508799 - Mar 26 2025
13732
BL2507370 - Mar 25 2025
13803
BL2506857 - Mar 25 2025
13198
BL2505973 - Mar 25 2025
12051
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 12,790
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,166 (+2.9%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 10,673 (-16.6%)
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 9,869 (-22.8%)
Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 6,720 (-47.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,173 (+3.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 17,717 (+38.5%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 15,416 (+20.5%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 14,653 (+14.6%)
Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,251 (+3.6%)
Intel Core i7-9700F @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,211 (+3.3%)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 11,038 (-13.7%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 10,649 (-16.7%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Good for Gaming?
As of 2nd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,364
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,598
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,442
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 2,313