AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1364

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +49%

2034

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10550

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +178%

29358

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1776

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +65%

2946

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +140%

17413

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

166

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +174%

456

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1424

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +50%

2148

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +150%

17950

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

3028

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +37%

4149

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

19373

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +152%

48837

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

AM4

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

90 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

24

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

400 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

-

Shader Units

128

-

Texture Units

8

-

Raster Operation Units

4

-

Execution Units

2

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.56 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

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