AMD Ryzen Z1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

5874 points
2% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8265 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5019 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.44 points
144.95 points
8% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
274% significantly lower TDP
105 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
100% significantly 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

271st of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Ryzen Z1 vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen Z1 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1.

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 Z1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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