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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: 166.23

Overall Rank:
1168th fastest in multithreading out of 5122 CPUs
983rd fastest in single threading out of 5122 CPUs
382nd fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
12798
Single Thread Rating
2499

Samples: 829*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Integer Math32,687 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math23,270 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers91 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting16,250 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption7,286 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression143,648 KBytes/Sec
Physics820 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,115 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,499 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 3500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of May 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 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,701
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,138
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,862
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,476
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,147
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 12,798
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F
 178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 166.89
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 166.23
Intel Core i9-13900K
 149.37
Intel Core i9-12900K
 136.21
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 51.93
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 3600
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 2,499
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2634464 - May 18 2025
10892
BL2631433 - May 17 2025
11909
BL2629278 - May 16 2025
13623
BL2618169 - May 12 2025 [Overclocked]
13781
BL2615113 - May 10 2025
12712
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 3500
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 12,798
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 11,562 (-9.7%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 14,038 (+9.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,158 (+2.8%)
Intel Core i5-9600KF @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 10,665 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 10,645 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 9,874 (-22.9%)
Intel Core i3-9100F @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 6,716 (-47.5%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 15,403 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 14,687 (+14.8%)
Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,244 (+3.5%)
Intel Core i7-9700F @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 13,181 (+3.0%)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 11,051 (-13.7%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,504
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,325
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,847
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,511
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,284
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,810
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,682
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,527
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,417
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
 2,318