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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 is 447 days older than Ryzen 5 5500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 2% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen 5 5500 - 142 vs 139 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 24 vs 12 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost)
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Single-Core
1871
91.17933723196882%
Multi-Core
7692
77.97263051191081%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 7 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900 or Ryzen 5 5500
A Plague Tale: Requiem, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
46 FPS
£17.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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57 FPS
£14.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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57 FPS
£15.44/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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74 FPS
£14.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,080
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76 FPS
£52.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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38 FPS
£20/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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38 FPS
£28.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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50 FPS
£28.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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46 FPS
£20.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£960
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