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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 5500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 5500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 176 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 5500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 76% better in League of Legends than Ryzen 5 5500 - 402 vs 228 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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- Up to 74% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £87.5 vs £331.0
- Up to 54% better value when playing League of Legends than Ryzen 9 7900X - £0.38 vs £0.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Retail, Noir, (AM5/12 Core/4.7GHz/76MB/170W/Radeon) - 100-000000589
Buy for £331 on Amazon
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost)
Buy for £87.5 on Amazon
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
4.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
5.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 170 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
47.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 7900X or Ryzen 5 5500
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
387 FPS
£4.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,564.8
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207 FPS
£3.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£819.96
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395 FPS
£5.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,091.6
In Stock
391 FPS
£4.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,632
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380 FPS
£3.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,248
In Stock
213 FPS
£5.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,110
In Stock
383 FPS
£3.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,377.6
In Stock
384 FPS
£3.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,303.2
In Stock
210 FPS
£4.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£960
In Stock
382 FPS
£3.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,480.8
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