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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 898 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900X.
Advantages of Core i9-10900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500 - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 2% better in Death Stranding than Core i9-10900X - 232 vs 228 FPS
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - £84.00 vs £564.99
- Up to 85% better value when playing Death Stranding than Core i9-10900X - £0.36 vs £2.48 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
CPU Intel Core i9-10900X 2066 Cascade BX
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Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
232
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.36/FPS
100%
Price, £
£84
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Processor (6 cores/12 threads, 65W DTP, AM4 socket, 19 MB cache, up to 4.2 GHz max boost, wraith stealth cooler)
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10900X | vs | Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2019 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| Core i9 Extreme | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Cascade Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i9-10900X or Ryzen 5 5500
With selected game settings
115 FPS
£6.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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115 FPS
£6.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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134 FPS
£6.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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103 FPS
£10.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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103 FPS
£7.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 5 5500
12 GB, N/A Storage
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122 FPS
£11.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 5 5500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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