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AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i9-11900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Released
Q1/2021
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Intel Core i9-11900KF
Intel Core i9-11900KF

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 3500 or Intel Core i9-11900KF? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Intel Core i9-11900KF has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    487 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    202 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    233 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    278 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    409 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    536 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    63 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    434 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    195 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    168 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 23 % better overclocked clock speed

    5.30 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-11900KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    65 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    76 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    67 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    33 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    91 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    63 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    984 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    42 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    125 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    5 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 3500 AMD Ryzen 5 3500
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 11
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 3000 left arrow Intel Core i 11000
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i9-10900KF
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i9-12900KF
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.10 GHz left arrow 5.30 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-11900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 3500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Core i9-11900KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow 251 W / 56 s
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 95 W
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Matisse (Zen 2) left arrow Rocket Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1200
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q1/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and Intel Core i9-11900KF.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
464
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
650
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
2652
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
6187
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
188
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
262
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
1129
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
2515
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1137
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
1878
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
4816
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
11645
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Monero Hashrate kH/s
Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed
5
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
7.25
Intel Core i9-11900KF
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
12876
AMD Ryzen 5 3500
28465
Intel Core i9-11900KF

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