Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Ryzen 5 5500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X 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 3800X has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more L3 cache.
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 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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