AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series 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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$ 184.99
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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
25% slightly better overall score
5931 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
9% slightly better gaming score
7969 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
32% slightly better multitasking score
5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5451 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
141.88 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7589 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1833 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7653 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1872 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

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 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
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700G 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 5700G 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 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G 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 5700G has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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