AMD's upcoming Ryzen 5 3500X processor gets benchmarked against Intel's Core i5-9400F

A Chinese media outlet has published some benchmark numbers for the soon-to-be-released AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 6-core 6-thread CPU. Expected to be priced around $150, it is being aimed at budget-conscious shoppers as an alternative to Intel's Core i5-9400F processor for mid-range gaming builds.

The AMD test system used here:

• AMD Ryzen 5 3500X,
• MSI B450M Mortar Max motherboard,
• 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz,
• Maxsun Geforce GTX 1660 Terminator,
• Hikvision C2000 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD.

For the Intel test setup, the CPU and the accompanying motherboard were swapped out leaving the rest of the components identical. The Ryzen 5 3500X was replaced by the Core i5-9400F, and a B360M version of the same model took the place of the MSI B450M Mortar Max motherboard.

First up, the CPU-Z benchmark was run on both the processors to get a rough idea of their performances.

Here's a CPU-Z validation link which most likely belongs to the same configuration here.

Another benchmark was run that likely measured the performance of the processors in 4 different scenarios like general desktop usage, light productivity usage, etc. The Ryzen outperforms the i5 in each of the 4 tests. Overall, the 3500X scored 332661 against the 9400F's 317350.

Gaming tests were conducted at 1080p resolution. The FPS obtained in the tests are summarized below:

Unfortunately, a direct gaming comparison between the 3500X and the 9400F wasn't conducted here so for now, we can only guess how the 2 processors would stack up.

Source: bilibili|Image: bilibili