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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: 216.75

Overall Rank:
968th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
745th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
318th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $89.00 USD (2026-02-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19290
Single Thread Rating
3061

Samples: 11337*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math64,736 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,817 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers56 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,769 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,820 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,622 KBytes/Sec
Physics888 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,285 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,061 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,940
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,582
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,290
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,133
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 216.75
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.60
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,600
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,365
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 3,061
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,560
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3282182 - Feb 12 2026
20320
BL3282135 - Feb 12 2026
20010
BL3281897 - Feb 12 2026
19823
BL3281839 - Feb 12 2026
19093
BL3281751 - Feb 12 2026
18947
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,290
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,012 (-17.0%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,889 (-12.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,540 (+11.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 18,133 (-6.0%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 23,816 (+23.5%)
Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,731 (+2.3%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,582 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 18,792 (-2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 15,628 (-19.0%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 13,976 (-27.6%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 15,385 (-20.2%)
Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 12,111 (-37.2%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
 14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,775
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 2,722