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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the more expensive Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 866 days newer than the more expensive Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 17% better in World of Warcraft than Athlon 3000G - 198 vs 169 FPS
- Up to 12% cheaper than Athlon 3000G - £87.5 vs £100.0
- Up to 25% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Athlon 3000G - £0.44 vs £0.59 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
World of Warcraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
198
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.44/FPS
100%
Price, £
£87.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Athlon 3000G | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20th, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Athlon | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Picasso | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Athlon 3000G or Ryzen 5 5500
World of Warcraft, 1920 x 1080, Maximum
149 FPS
£5.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£780
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162 FPS
£5.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£900
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178 FPS
£5.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,050
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140 FPS
£5.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£749.95
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140 FPS
£7.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£1,099.95
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154 FPS
£9.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£1,429.95
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