amd ryzen 7 5700x vs amd ryzen 5 5500
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (Desktop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Newer released 1 years later
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | |
| Vendor | AMD | AMD |
| Released | April 4 2022 | April 4 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Vermeer | Cezanne |
| Socket | AM4 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 65 W |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | |
| Memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | GB | GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | ||
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| PCI Express Lanes |