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In short — Ryzen 9 5900 outperforms Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900 is 855 days newer than Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 206% better in Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 2500X - 52 vs 17 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500X - 24 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
17
32.69230769230769%
Value, $/FPS
$6.26/FPS
100%
Price, $
$106.47
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1103
53.75243664717348%
Multi-Core
3801
38.530157121135325%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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