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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 3800X 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 7 3800X is 182 days newer than Ryzen 5 3500U.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
- Consumes up to 86% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 3800X - 15 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 3800X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
- Performs up to 8% better in Apex Legends than Ryzen 5 3500U - 287 vs 265 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500U - 16 vs 8 threads
Apex Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
287
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.03/FPS
100%
Price, $
$295
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 3500U
Mobile • Jan 6th, 2019
Ryzen 7 3800X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 3800X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 6th, 2019 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Raven Ridge | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket FP5 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
| 2.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 21.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
Radeon Vega 8 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3500U or Ryzen 7 3800X
Apex Legends, 1920 x 1080, High
140 FPS
$12.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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147 FPS
$15.63/FPS
Radeon RX 5700 XT
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,298
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154 FPS
$10.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Ryzen 7 3800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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