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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms the more expensive FX-8350 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 3450 days newer than the more expensive FX-8350.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500
- Performs up to 58% better in War Thunder than FX-8350 - 209 vs 132 FPS
- Up to 56% cheaper than FX-8350 - $83.35 vs $188.02
- Up to 72% better value when playing War Thunder than FX-8350 - $0.40 vs $1.42 per FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD FX-8350 - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD FX-8350 - 12 vs 8 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
OEM AMD FX-8350 125W AM3+ Eight Core 4.0GHz Desktop CPU
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Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
FPS
209
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.4/FPS
100%
Price, $
$83.35
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
FX-8350
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Ryzen 5 5500
Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
FX-8350 | vs | Ryzen 5 5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23rd, 2012 | Release Date | Apr 4th, 2022 |
| FX | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Vishera | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM3+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 20.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using FX-8350 or Ryzen 5 5500
With selected game settings
153 FPS
$5.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$5.1/FPS
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$5.21/FPS
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Radeon RX 6600
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Ryzen 5 5500
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GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$789.99
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158 FPS
$4.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$749
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169 FPS
$4.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$829.99
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169 FPS
$7.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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169 FPS
$6.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,049.99
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