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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