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 ...]

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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: 166.08

Overall Rank:
1366th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
1183rd fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
425th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

12786

Single Thread Rating

2495

Samples: 1056*
*Margin for error: Low

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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Integer Math	32,659 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	23,213 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	91 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	16,231 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	7,275 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	143,496 KBytes/Sec
Physics	824 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	14,092 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,495 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,454
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,301
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Ryzen 5 3500		12,786

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3500		166.08
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		126.29
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Ryzen 5 3500		2,495

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3265177 - Feb 05 2026		13170
BL3264655 - Feb 05 2026		13372
BL3263752 - Feb 04 2026		13383
BL3257950 - Feb 02 2026		12910
BL3248802 - Jan 29 2026		12924

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3500		12,786
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		13,166 (+3.0%)
Intel Core i5-8600 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		9,952 (-22.2%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		13,974 (+9.3%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		10,643 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		9,850 (-23.0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		6,994 (-45.3%)
Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		6,706 (-47.6%)
Intel Core i3-9100 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		6,599 (-48.4%)
AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		13,038 (+2.0%)
Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		9,516 (-25.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		18,133 (+41.8%)
Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500		13,204 (+3.3%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,384
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
AMD Ryzen 5 3500		2,323

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