AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4057 points

5931 points

46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

7969 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

5267 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

5102 points

61% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

5451 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

141.88 points

66% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

7589 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1833 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

7653 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

1872 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

Identical

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads. Both the Ryzen 5 3500 and Ryzen 5 5500 have the same clock speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.