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Ryzen 5 3500X vs Ryzen 9 5950X

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3500X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 408 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 3500X

  • Up to 67% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - €103.90 vs €314.00
  • Up to 64% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Ryzen 9 5950X - €0.90 vs €2.51 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 9% better in Alan Wake 2 than Ryzen 5 3500X - 125 vs 115 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 32 vs 6 threads
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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Logo
Ryzen 5 3500X

Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019


FPS

115

92%

Value, €/FPS

€0.9/FPS

100%

Price, €

€103.9

100%

Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

125

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.51/FPS

36%

Price, €

€314

33%

FPS Winner

AMD Processore Ryzen 9 5950X (16 C/32 T, 72 MB di cache, boost massimo fino a 4,9 GHz)

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In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Logo
Ryzen 5 3500X

Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Logo
Ryzen 5 3500X

Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019


Single-Core

1555

71%

Multi-Core

5850

48%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Logo

Ryzen 5 3500X

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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Sep 24th, 2019Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Ryzen 5CollectionRyzen 9
MatisseCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM4SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
6Threads
32
3.6 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.4 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
65 W
TDP105 W
7 nmProcess Size7 nm
36.0x
Multiplier34.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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