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AMD FX-4350 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2013
AMD FX-4350
AMD FX-4350
Released
Q4/2019
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

What's the best choice AMD FX-4350 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500X? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD FX-4350 has a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 125 W. Released in Q2/2013.

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

Differences

AMD FX-4350 Reasons to consider
AMD FX-4350
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1205 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 14% better clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD FX-4350 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1062 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1061 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    563 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    483 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    351 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    548 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    817 place
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    470 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.5 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.52 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    203 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    232 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    179 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    279 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    384 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    502 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    62 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    350 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD FX-4350 AMD FX-4350
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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 FX left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD FX-4300 left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
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
    4.20 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.30 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 6
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • 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 AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and AMD FX-4350. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1866 left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD FX-4350 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    125 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD FX-4350 and AMD FX-4350, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vishera (Bulldozer) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    AM3+ left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q4/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD FX-4350 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
574
AMD FX-4350
1169
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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
1598
AMD FX-4350
5311
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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
5276
AMD FX-4350
16110
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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