AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD FX-770K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

5932 points
360% significantly better overall score
1287 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7972 points
226% significantly better gaming score
2439 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5268 points
442% significantly better multitasking score
971 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
448% significantly better heavy workload score
931 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
686% significantly higher Blender score
18.04 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

256th of 1,089
874th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 5500 vs FX-770K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the FX-770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-770K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the FX-770K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-770K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-770K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo 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, the FX-770K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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