A Chinese media recently shared the first benchmarks and unboxing of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X processor. This is the product that AMD developed in response to the Core i5-9400F competitor. It is expected to be available today and anticipated to target the sub-$150 US market.
The latest unboxing revealed that the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X processor is faster compared to Intel Core i5-9400F. AMD is preparing a couple of variants for the sub-$150 market segment in the US. These are the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Both CPUs have six cores and six threads.
In other words, either chip will not have multi-threading support. However, considering the market segment they are targeting and their respective price point, it is fair to assume that AMD will cut down on their core configuration. This means that the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X will be the first Ryzen 3000 without multi-threading support.
The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X has a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock speed of 4.1 GHz. It has a 32 MB of cache, 65W TDP, and is available at around $150 in the US. It is equipped with 24 PCIe Generation 4 lanes as well as support for 3200 MHz memory. The processor was recently tested on an MSI B450M Mortar Max motherboard with 16 GB DDR4 memory at 300 MHz as well as a GeForce GTX 1660 graphics card.
The CPU test revealed that AMD Ryzen 5 3500X scored 476.3 points in single-core test while the Intel Core i5-9400F only scored 451.4 points. In multi-thread test, AMD Ryzen 5 3500X scored 2774.9 points while the Core 15-9400F scored 2568.2 points. The AMD CPU also scored higher compared to its Intel competitor in terms of productivity benchmarks.
When it comes to gaming performance, several titles were tried at 1080p resolution. In "PUBG," the chip averages 80 FPS while it averaged 65 FPS in "Assassin's Creed Odyssey" with a minimum FPS of 27 and maximum FPS of 141. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500X scored 77 FPS in "In The Shadow of the Tomb Raider" on the average.
In "World War Z," the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X scored 126 FPS on average with 171 FPS on max and 109 FPS on min. And, in "League of Legends," the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X scored 180 FPS with a max FPS of 222 and minimum FPS of 180. Moreover, the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X consumes 8.3 W on idle. However, no consumption numbers or temperatures were revealed.
