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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Ryzen 5 5500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 176 days newer than Ryzen 5 5500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 2% better in Control than Ryzen 5 5500 - 208 vs 204 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics
Control
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
204
98.07692307692307%
Value, €/FPS
€0.46/FPS
100%
Price, €
€83.9
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Prozessor (6 Kerne/12 Threads, 65W TDP, AM4 Sockel, 19 MB cache, Bis zu 4.2 GHz max boost, wraith stealth Kühler)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Single-Core
1871
64.00957919945262%
Multi-Core
7692
43.09485125217099%
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 5500 or Ryzen 9 7900X
Control, 1920 x 1080, High
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Ryzen 5 5500
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