AMD Ryzen 7 5700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

7671 points
34% slightly better overall score
5702 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9256 points
17% slightly better gaming score
7868 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7129 points
42% slightly better multitasking score
4995 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6966 points
44% significantly better heavy workload score
4828 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

187.49 points
29% 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

3.70 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

167th of 1,118
289th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
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 5700 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5700.

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 5700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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