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General information Ryzen 5 3500X Core i7-980
Launched Q4 2019 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 LGA1366
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Matisse Gulftown
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 12.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 78.1 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 2 × 16 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Ryzen 5 3500X Core i7-980
Overall Score 54024 0 % 46001 14.9 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 26 % 64.4 %
Benchmark Score 8518 0 % 4478 47.4 %
Single Thread Score 2485 0 % 1529.8 38.4 %
Encrypting Data 7313.9 MB/s 0 % 2663.8 MB/s 63.6 %
Compressing Data 139.4 MB/s 0 % 115.2 MB/s 17.4 %
String objects sorting 16356.6 thousand/s 0 % 15878.3 thousand/s 2.9 %
Prime numbers generation 118.6 millions/s 0 % 31.8 millions/s 73.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32946.9 millions/s 0 % 29001.6 millions/s 12 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 23045.4 millions/s 0 % 12282 millions/s 46.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 3500X, Core i7-980.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 3500X Core i7-980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.2 FPS 91.3 FPS
High settings 184.3 FPS 146.1 FPS
Medium settings 230.4 FPS 182.6 FPS
Low settings 288.0 FPS 228.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 5 3500X Core i7-980
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.7 FPS 131.6 FPS
High settings 233.2 FPS 210.5 FPS
Medium settings 291.5 FPS 263.2 FPS
Low settings 364.3 FPS 328.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %
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