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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: 238.21

Overall Rank:
765th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
553rd fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
262nd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $81.20 USD (2025-04-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19343
Single Thread Rating
3057

Samples: 5582*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Integer Math65,231 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math36,828 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers57 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting24,725 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption14,871 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression245,439 KBytes/Sec
Physics898 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions17,203 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,057 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$81.20 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 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,755
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,343
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 238.21
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 115.21
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
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
BL2526269 - Apr 02 2025
20199
BL2526219 - Apr 02 2025
19594
BL2526167 - Apr 02 2025
19883
BL2526047 - Apr 02 2025
19974
BL2526001 - Apr 02 2025
20077
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Ryzen 5 5500
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,343
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 16,116 (-16.7%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 17,717 (-8.4%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,559 (+11.5%)
Intel Core i5-12400F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,470 (+0.7%)
Intel Core i5-12400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,236 (-0.6%)
Intel Core i3-13100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 14,653 (-24.2%)
Intel Core i3-14100F vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 15,416 (-20.3%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 23,552 (+21.8%)
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 22,126 (+14.4%)
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,891 (+13.2%)
Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 21,532 (+11.3%)
Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 19,869 (+2.7%)

Is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,531
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,440
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,439
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
 2,912