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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 relatively new 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: 235.07

Overall Rank:
761st fastest in multithreading out of 5025 CPUs
545th fastest in single threading out of 5025 CPUs
260th fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $82.32 USD (2025-03-14)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19351
Single Thread Rating
3057

Samples: 5322*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math65,276 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,830 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers57 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,732 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,880 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,422 KBytes/Sec
Physics900 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,198 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,057 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2025.
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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,793
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,333
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,052
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,513
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,874
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,351
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,202
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,720
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,626
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 236.96
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 235.07
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 212.39
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 150.23
Intel Core i9-12900K
 138.24
Intel Core i9-13900K
 103.70
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.38
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 49.21
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 15th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,613
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,020
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 3,057
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2483067 - Mar 15 2025
19952
BL2482872 - Mar 15 2025
14773
BL2482839 - Mar 15 2025
19564
BL2482727 - Mar 15 2025
18780
BL2482203 - Mar 15 2025
19751
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 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,351
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,555 (+11.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,127 (-16.7%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,481 (+0.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 18,174 (-6.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 17,720 (-8.4%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 22,494 (+16.2%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,242 (-0.6%)
Intel Core i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,972 (-12.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 15,688 (-18.9%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,657 (-24.3%)
Intel Core i3-12100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,059 (-27.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600T vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 22,097 (+14.2%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,194
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,518
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,858
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,580
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,532
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,830
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,723
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,679
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,515
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,459
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,459
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 2,915