amd ryzen 7 5800x vs amd ryzen 5 5500

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – 65 vs 105 Watt

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1608
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
15427
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28355
19696
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1628
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10656

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 7 5800x and ryzen 5 5500

General

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Vendor AMD AMD
Released October 8 2020 April 4 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Cezanne
Socket AM4 AM4
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.7 GHz 4.2 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 16 MB
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Fabrication process 7 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 65 W

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Official site AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500 official page
PCI Express Version 4 3
PCI Express Lanes

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X?