AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

5778 points
0.36% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6956 points
7870 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5377 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
144.95 points

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
23% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
Identical
105 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
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

280th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 2700X vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X 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 2700X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700X.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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