Ryzen 5 3500x appears in first performance tests
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A few days ago we discovered the specifications of the Ryzen 5 3500X, and today we can see some performance tests that directly compare it with a Core i5 9400F.
Ryzen 5 3500X offers more performance than i5 9400F
Silently AMD expanded its Ryzen 3000 lineup this week, exclusively in China, for now with the Ryzen 9 3900 and Ryzen 5 3500X models. The Ryzen 5 is SMT-free and has 6 cores and 6 threads, so it compares to the Core i5 9400F from Intel. Both should be in the range of processors up to 150 euros.
For this complete comparison, an MSI B450M Mortar Titanium (AMD) motherboard, an MSI B360M Mortar Titanium (Intel) were used and both have 2 × 8 GB DDR4-3200. In all office workloads, the AMD option is ahead of the i5 9400F, both with the same number of cores and maximum threads.
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The difference in performance between the Ryzen 5 3500X and Ryzen 5 3600 seems important in certain tasks that do take advantage of many threads. This clearly has to do with the absence of SMT in the 3500X, which makes it half as threaded as the 3600.
Although the Ryzen 5 3500X is outperforming the i5 9400F in all tests, the performance difference is very small. The price will determine which is the best option and the Ryzen 5 3500X must have a price of around 150 euros to be able to face the Intel i5.
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