AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 149.99
$ 145.00
$ 4.99 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
5020 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
6843 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
4448 points
0.36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
0.79% slightly better heavy workload score
4307 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points
5545 points
42% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
141.41 points
10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
166% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
18% 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

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Ryzen 5 5500GT specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500GT 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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