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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 1712 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 6% better in Halo Infinite than Ryzen 3 1200 - 166 vs 157 FPS
- Up to 79% cheaper than Ryzen 3 1200 - CA$119.00 vs CA$578.98
- Up to 80% better value when playing Halo Infinite than Ryzen 3 1200 - CA$0.72 vs CA$3.69 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 12 vs 4 threads
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Acer Chromebook Plus Laptop with Google AI | 14" WUXGA 1920 x 1200 IPS Touch Display | AMD Ryzen 3 7320C | 8GB LPDDR5X | 128GB eMMC | Wi-Fi 6E | Chrome OS | CB514-3HT-R8RB
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Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
166
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.72/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$119
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 3 1200 | vs | Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 31.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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