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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: 257.71

Overall Rank:
909th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
702nd fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
304th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $74.95 USD (2025-11-09)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19315
Single Thread Rating
3060

Samples: 9132*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math64,865 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,827 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers56 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,765 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,837 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,646 KBytes/Sec
Physics893 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,269 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,060 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$74.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,513
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,315
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 257.71
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 256.33
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 183.61
Intel Core i9-14900K
 130.43
Intel Core i5-12400F
 126.19
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 118.68
Intel Core i9-13900K
 103.40
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 47.80
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 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 3,060
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3042321 - Nov 10 2025
18584
BL3042130 - Nov 10 2025 [Overclocked]
20944
BL3041991 - Nov 10 2025
19531
BL3040962 - Nov 10 2025
19151
BL3040881 - Nov 10 2025
20298
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,315
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,072 (-16.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 18,136 (-6.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 17,686 (-8.4%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 23,729 (+22.9%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,548 (+11.6%)
Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,753 (+2.3%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,513 (+1.0%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 18,789 (-2.7%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,891 (-12.6%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,647 (-24.2%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 13,979 (-27.6%)
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 22,152 (+14.7%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,780
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,502
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,484
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,427
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 2,730