Ryzen 5 3500U vs Ryzen 7 2700X — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 2700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 27% to 210%, including 210% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,715 vs 3,451).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 3500U and the Ryzen 7 2700X. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD

Ryzen 5 3500U

4 cores15W TDP2019

Full Ryzen 5 3500U benchmarks →

AMD

Ryzen 7 2700X

8 cores105W TDP

Full Ryzen 7 2700X benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 3500U	Ryzen 7 2700X
cores	4	8
threads	8	16
base clock ghz	2.1	3.7
boost clock ghz	3.7	—
tdp w	15	105
l3 cache mb	4	—
process nm	12	—
socket	AMD Socket FP5	—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Gamers Nexus, GadgetVersus, CGDirector, Technical.city, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, NanoReview, PassMark Software and numberworld.org; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 3500U	Ryzen 7 2700X
7-Zip Decompression (higher is better) Source: Gamers Nexus	—	89,000 MIPS
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector	3,451 points	10,715 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: GadgetVersus, CGDirector	784 points	1,110 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Technical.city, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, NanoReview	2,505 points	6,487 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Technical.city, Geekbench Browser, HardwareDB, NanoReview	875 points	1,269 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	6,807 points	17,434 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	1,909 points	—
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark Software	1,900 points	2,413 points
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: numberworld.org	—	78

Quick answers

Which is faster, the Ryzen 5 3500U or the Ryzen 7 2700X?

The Ryzen 7 2700X is ahead of the Ryzen 5 3500U on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 27% to 210%, including 210% in Cinebench R23 multi (10,715 vs 3,451).