AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 8 cores 3.7GHz . 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

Released 1 years and 5 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 12nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +5%

1166

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

1102

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X +50%

10107

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +43%

1650

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

1151

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +13%

6523

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

5763

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Apr 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Zen+

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

12 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

105 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

6

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

37x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

-

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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