AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 230.00

$ 74.99

$ 155.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7216 points

21% slightly better overall score

5932 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

6% slightly better gaming score

7972 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

28% slightly better multitasking score

5268 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

141.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8580 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7589 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1738 points

1833 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7653 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points

1872 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly 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

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. The Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.