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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Benchmarks for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]


AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD Ryzen 5 5500

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2022

CPUmark/$Price: 261.43

Overall Rank:
813th fastest in multithreading out of 5135 CPUs
602nd fastest in single threading out of 5135 CPUs
281st fastest in out of 1448 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $74.00 USD (2025-05-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19346
Single Thread Rating
3059

Samples: 6347*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math65,157 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,847 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers57 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,752 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,870 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,651 KBytes/Sec
Physics897 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,232 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,059 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$73.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$83.10 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,683
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,311
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,032
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,139
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,471
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,346
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,173
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,708
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,147
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 261.43
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 234.95
Intel Core i5-12400F
 178.65
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 174.10
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 161.94
Intel Core i9-13900K
 143.13
Intel Core i9-12900K
 136.22
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 51.92
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 3,059
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2643017 - May 22 2025
19039
BL2642821 - May 22 2025
18045
BL2642546 - May 22 2025
20131
BL2642387 - May 22 2025
17006
BL2642386 - May 22 2025
17006
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,346
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,107 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,471 (+0.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 17,708 (-8.5%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 23,673 (+22.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,557 (+11.4%)
Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,759 (+2.1%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,131 (-1.1%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,687 (-24.1%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,036 (-27.4%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 15,400 (-20.4%)
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 22,139 (+14.4%)
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,898 (+13.2%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,500
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,338
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,846
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,589
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,509
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,281
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,809
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,697
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,521
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,520
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,423
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 2,736