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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: 216.65

Overall Rank:
985th fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
761st fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
321st fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19282
Single Thread Rating
3061

Samples: 11869*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math64,706 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,810 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers56 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,759 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,811 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,576 KBytes/Sec
Physics887 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,284 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,061 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,413
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,934
Apple M4 10 Core
23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,596
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19,282
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,130
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
216.65
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
167.47
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K
124.55
Intel Core i9-13900K
107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
47.71
Intel Core i5-12400F
45.21
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,599
Apple M4 10 Core
4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,366
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3,061
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,560
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3345423 - Mar 12 2026
18502
BL3345308 - Mar 12 2026
20084
BL3345026 - Mar 12 2026
18777
BL3344973 - Mar 12 2026 [Overclocked]
21860
BL3344792 - Mar 12 2026
20017
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19,282
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
16,887 (-12.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
21,530 (+11.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
18,131 (-6.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
17,677 (-8.3%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
23,832 (+23.6%)
Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19,735 (+2.3%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19,596 (+1.6%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
18,789 (-2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
16,004 (-17.0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
15,620 (-19.0%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
13,973 (-27.5%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
15,398 (-20.1%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,427
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,266
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
10,611
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,523
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,389
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
10,163
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,443
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
2,720