Intel Core i5-3550 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 298.95

$ 74.99

$ 223.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2119 points

5931 points

179% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3894 points

7969 points

104% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1620 points

5267 points

225% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1555 points

5102 points

228% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.36 points

141.88 points

418% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1939 points

7589 points

291% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

644 points

1833 points

184% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1924 points

7653 points

297% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

645 points

1872 points

190% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

65 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

702nd of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

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Core

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3550 vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-3550 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3550. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3550. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Core i5-3550 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.