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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 3 3100 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 710 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 3 3100.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Up to 12% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5500 - £71.76 vs £81.99
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 24% better in Immortals of Aveum than Ryzen 3 3100 - 67 vs 54 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 3100 - 12 vs 8 threads
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor (4C/8T, 18 MB Cache, 3.9 GHz Max Boost)
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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
Ultra
Ryzen 3 3100
Desktop • Apr 24th, 2020
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 3 3100
Desktop • Apr 24th, 2020
Single-Core
1479
79.04863709246392%
Multi-Core
5081
66.05564222568903%
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24th, 2020 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Matisse | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 3 3100 or Ryzen 5 5500
Immortals of Aveum, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
5 FPS
£160/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£799.98
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12 FPS
£66.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£799.95
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12 FPS
£73.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£879.96
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23 FPS
£46.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,080
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1 FPS
£759.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£759.99
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1 FPS
£1099.95/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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7 FPS
£204.28/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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5 FPS
£192/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£960
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