Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Ryzen 5 3500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 182 days newer than Ryzen 5 3500U.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
- Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 15 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 3900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 27% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Ryzen 5 3500U - 130 vs 102 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500U - 24 vs 8 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 5 3500U
Mobile • Jan 6th, 2019
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 6th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Raven Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket FP5 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
Radeon Vega 8 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
