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Ryzen 5 3500X vs Engineering Sample 506E8 3GHz


Description
The 3500X is based on Zen 2 architecture while the 506E8 3GHz is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 3500X gets a score of 373.6 k points while the 506E8 3GHz gets 210.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 3500X is 1.8 times faster than the 506E8 3GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
870f10
506e8
Core
Matisse
Kaby Lake
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
Socket
AM4
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
4/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x512 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
32768 kB
8192 kB
Date
September 2019
June 2016
Mean monothread perf.
66.61k points
58.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
373.61k points
210.91k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
3500X
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
15.48k
22.46k (x1.45)
Test#2 (FP)
22.91k
20.45k (x0.89)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
7.1k
4.75k (x0.67)
Test#1 (Memory)
21.11k
10.39k (x0.49)
TOTAL
66.61k
58.05k (x0.87)

Multithread

3500X

506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
90.39k
92.69k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
139.1k
90.45k (x0.65)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.2k
22.02k (x0.41)
Test#1 (Memory)
90.92k
5.75k (x0.06)
TOTAL
373.61k
210.91k (x0.56)

Performance/W
3500X
506E8 3GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
1391 points/W