AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 170.99
$ 68.37
$ 102.62 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points
8% slightly better overall score
5312 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
7287 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
4672 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4523 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points
4824 points
0.46% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
124.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
6235 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
1560 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

271st of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 5 4500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700X is faster than the Ryzen 5 4500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 2700X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4500. The Ryzen 7 2700X also has significantly more 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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