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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 384 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 43% better in F1 23 than Pentium Gold G6405 - 254 vs 178 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Up to 19% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5500 - £66.23 vs £81.99
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 58 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics
F1 23
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost)
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Intel S1200 PENTIUM Gold G6405 BOX 2x4,1 58W GEN10
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Single-Core
848
45.32335649385356%
Multi-Core
1760
22.880915236609464%
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
Apr 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Vermeer | Codename | Comet Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 5500 or Pentium Gold G6405
F1 23, 1920 x 1080, Ultra High
124 FPS
£6.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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136 FPS
£5.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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136 FPS
£6.47/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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156 FPS
£6.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,080
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116 FPS
£6.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£759.99
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116 FPS
£9.48/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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129 FPS
£11.08/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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124 FPS
£7.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£960
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