Ryzen 5 3500X
The Ryzen 5 3500X is AMD’s 6-core, 6-thread processor for the AM4 platform, built on the Zen 2 architecture. Below you’ll find its full spec sheet with gaming and productivity benchmarks, plus every retailer’s current price.
Prices update regularly and may differ at the retailer. This page contains affiliate links.
Gaming performance
CPU-bound gaming score: a 1080p rating normalized so the fastest gaming CPU we track = 100. Productivity scores are in the Benchmarks section below.
Gaming scores are normalised performance indexes derived from Tom’s Hardware’s published CPU gaming benchmarks. Performance per dollar is our own calculation on top of that data.
1080p Gaming
Gaming score for the Ryzen 5 3500X isn’t rated yet. The productivity benchmarks below still apply.
Performance-per-dollar rank among all CPUs with live pricing
Gaming value
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Productivity value
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Benchmarks
Standardized productivity scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest CPU we track and linked to its source. Multi-core tracks heavy parallel work like rendering and encoding; single-core tracks everyday responsiveness.
Multi-core
Single-core
Where to buy the Ryzen 5 3500X
Every in-stock retailer offer we track, cheapest first.
| Retailer | Availability | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newegg | In stock | $75.99 |  |
The Ryzen 5 3500X starts from $75.99 across 1 retailer. Prices update daily from live stock.
Complete the build
The cheapest in-stock parts that actually fit the Ryzen 5 3500X — matched on socket and power delivery using the same rules as our PC Builder, priced live.
The most affordable AM4 board in stock that is wired to feed the Ryzen 5 3500X at full power. It takes DDR4 memory.
The Ryzen 5 3500X's bundled Wraith Stealth can't keep up with its sustained power draw, so an aftermarket cooler is the safer buy. This is the cheapest air cooler in stock that fits AM4 and handles its heat.
Contains affiliate links. Prices update regularly and may differ at the retailer.
Specifications
Cores & Clocks
- Cores / Threads
- 6 / 6
- P-cores
- 6
- E-cores
- 0
- Base clock
- 3.6 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.1 GHz
- Architecture
- Zen 2
Cache & Process
- L3 cache
- 32 MB
- L2 cache
- 3 MB
- Process node
- TSMC N7
- Released
- 2019-09-24
Memory & Platform
- Socket
- AM4
- Memory channels
- 2
- Max memory
- 128 GB
- Memory support
- DDR4, 3200
- Chipsets
- "A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570"
- PCIe
- PCIe 4.0
- ECC support
- No
Power & Extras
- TDP
- 65W
- Max power
- 88W
- Integrated graphics
- None
- Stock cooler
- Wraith Stealth
- MSRP
- $155.00
The Ryzen 5 3500X pairs 6 cores with 32 MB of L3 cache on the TSMC N7 process. Compare the Ryzen 5 3500X against the full CPU lineup on the full processor rankings, or build a compatible system around it with the PC Builder.
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