AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price and performance details for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?

This is relatively new CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 5500

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2022

CPUmark/$Price: 236.96

Overall Rank:
636th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
443rd fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
217th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $82.00 USD (2024-07-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

19431

Single Thread Rating

3060

Samples: 3409*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math	65,832 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	36,911 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	58 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	24,802 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	14,961 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	245,767 KBytes/Sec
Physics	908 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	17,149 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,060 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of July 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	MXZ Gaming PC Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 2060S 8GB, 16GB DDR4, NVME 500GB SSD, 6RGB Fans, Win 11 Pro Ready, Gamer Desktop Computer(R5 5500\| RTX2060S) …	$769.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop, AMD Radeon RX 5500, AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Processor, 16 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, 9 USB Ports, Keyboard and Mouse Combo, Pre-Built PC Tower, Black	$698.00 (www.amazon.com)
	NSX GAMING PC Tomcat AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz, RTX 3050, 512 GB NVME SSD, 16GB DDR4 RGB RAM 3600, 650W Bronze PSU, Windows 11 Home 64-bit Built in USA WiFi Ready	$679.00 (www.amazon.com)
	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop PC - AMD 6-Core Ryzen 5 5600G Processor, AMD Radeon RX5500, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD, Win 10 Home	$523.00 (www.amazon.com)
	PC Desktop – AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz, NVIDIA GTX 1650 D6 Ventus XS, 512GB M2 NVME, RGB RAM 16G DDR4 3600, 650W 80PLUS Bronze PSU, Windows 11 Home 64-bit Built in USA	$738.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
AMD Ryzen 5 5500		19,431
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500		236.96
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
AMD Ryzen 5 5500		3,060
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2144893 - Jul 14 2024		18980
BL2144121 - Jul 13 2024		18211
BL2143994 - Jul 13 2024 [Overclocked]		21657
BL2143968 - Jul 13 2024		19286
BL2143902 - Jul 12 2024		19849

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500		19,431
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		21,572 (+11.0%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		17,058 (-12.2%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		16,142 (-16.9%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		19,546 (+0.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		18,205 (-6.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		17,755 (-8.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		16,066 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		19,381 (-0.3%)
Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		17,033 (-12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		15,707 (-19.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		15,673 (-19.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500		14,807 (-23.8%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD Ryzen 5 5500		3,284

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